> Hi all,
Hi there,

> Installed Xine, but can't find it.  I have been searching for the ".exe"
> for xine.  
You'll be out of luck, then. Linux, like all other forms of Unix,
doesn't need or use a .exe suffix to identify an executable file.
The executable for Xine, as it happens, is generally just called
"xine".
Most files contain a "magic number" that identifies their type, leaving
you free to call them whatever you want. You'll find suffixes here and
there, but they're mostly for convenience.

> Using Redhat 9.0 (why else would I have to install Xine!)
Errm... because you're one of us difficult types that prefer to compile
things from source?

> Any pointers?
Yup. Try "locate xine". locate is a very handy utility; it searches
through a database to find files, instead of crunching its way through
your entire filesystem. While this is vastly faster (and less noisy),
the catch is that the database isn't updated in realtime; instead, a
programme called "updatedb" is run every day or so to do that.
locate returns everything that contains a matching string, though, so
you may find yourself wading through a few screenfuls of results.
"locate xine | more" allows you to check it a screenful at a time, if
you don't feel like scrolling back up.


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Cheers,
James
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