Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

2009-10-10 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 10:57 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > to be frank, it really amazes me that gentoo has so many options for a > simple task. It looks really flexible. I came from debian. I'll give you another one, and it doesn't require you to install any extra package: # cat /var/db/pkg//-

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

2009-10-10 Thread Dale
Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > to be frank, it really amazes me that gentoo has so many options for a > simple task. It looks really flexible. I came from debian. > > Well, to quote a old song, you ain't seen nothing yet. It amazes me that you can ask how to find out something and you get about 5 or

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

2009-10-10 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
to be frank, it really amazes me that gentoo has so many options for a simple task. It looks really flexible. I came from debian. 2009/10/10 KH : > Zhengquan Zhang schrieb: >> >> Hi, Gentoo users, >> I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show >> where a package is installed?

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

2009-10-10 Thread KH
Zhengquan Zhang schrieb: Hi, Gentoo users, I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show where a package is installed? which file is installed in which directory? Thanks a lot, Hi, not that powerful but sometimes also a help: whereis - locate the binary, source, and man

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

2009-10-10 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 13:19 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > Hi, Gentoo users, > I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show > where a package is installed? which file is installed in which > directory? If you are used to rpm, or simply prefer the format of its output, there i

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed? [SOLVED]

2009-10-09 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
2009/10/9 Dale : > Zhengquan Zhang wrote: >> Hi, Gentoo users, >> I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show >> where a package is installed? which file is installed in which >> directory? >> >> Thanks a lot, >> >> > > I'm not sure this is what you are talking about but this

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

2009-10-09 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
2009/10/9 Justin : > Zhengquan Zhang wrote: >> Hi, Gentoo users, >> I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show >> where a package is installed? which file is installed in which >> directory? >> >> Thanks a lot, >> > emerge app-portage/portage-utils and go with "qlist package"

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

2009-10-09 Thread Dale
Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > Hi, Gentoo users, > I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show > where a package is installed? which file is installed in which > directory? > > Thanks a lot, > > I'm not sure this is what you are talking about but this may help: equery files e

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

2009-10-09 Thread Justin
Zhengquan Zhang wrote: > Hi, Gentoo users, > I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show > where a package is installed? which file is installed in which > directory? > > Thanks a lot, > emerge app-portage/portage-utils and go with "qlist package" signature.asc Descriptio

[gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

2009-10-09 Thread Zhengquan Zhang
Hi, Gentoo users, I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show where a package is installed? which file is installed in which directory? Thanks a lot, -- Zhengquan