you can find where things are installed by typing in "locate" for example

locate gnome
locate staroffice

To update the database type "updatedb" I

And to find where the executable file is you do "whereis" or "which" so you
might do "whereis perl" and get

/usr/local/bin/perl

Or something

On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, skybell wrote:
> Hey,  Sorry for the dumb question but I need a little help.  Where can I
> find info on where programs by default install.  I installed star office
> and can't find it in Gnome.  How can I find out where it was installed
> and how I can get some shortcuts to my desktop.  Thanks, in advance.
> 
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