you can also use the command 'locate "xxxxxx"' in a terminal. the x's being the name of the software you want to find. ----- Original Message ----- From: "robin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 11:12 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] making rpm installation easier for newbies
tek1 wrote: > i've been using windows quite a bit, but slowly making the move to > linux. :) > > lately, i installed opera6 on linux. downloading the rpm and installing > it was easy, but post-installation, i wasn't able to find where the > opera executable was. knowing rpm command line and other commands, it's > easy to find where opera was installed, but for someone completely new > to linux, i think that they would be lost. > > one suggestion for improving rpm and other installation programs for > linux is to put a icon on the desktop for the user to easily find. > also, somehow placing the icon somewhere in the kmenu (for kde) or > asking the user in which folder (i.e. applications) a shortcut should be > made would make newbies transition to linux a lot easier. > > this installation problem/situation is not limited to opera, but is > related to all gui-based software installed on linux that is to be used > in the point-and-click fashion by end users... > > i think that the above would be one of the first problems faced by > individuals and companies making the switch from windows to linux... > > anyone know if there are future plans for rpm to include an icon on the > desktop and/or in the desktop environments' (kde/gnome) folders upon > package installation? Menu integration is more to do with the people who write the packages - some packages will add KDE or GNOME menu entries; most do not. Package writers could, I suppose, add icons to be put on the user's desktop, but most people probably wouldn't want this. Remember that Linux is designed as a multi-user system, and a lot of users would object to icons popping up on their desktops every time the sysadmin installed a new program. An easy way to find files in RPM packages is to use the Software Manager (in 9.0 you neeed to select "uninstall software"; in 8.* you just click on the "installed" tab). Remember also that nine times out of ten the command to run a program is the same as the name of the package (usually in lowercase). Sir Robin -- "You almost never hear that word "computer" anymore, do you? They're part of everything now. They used to be boxes with keyboards, you know." - Tad Williams Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Üniversitesi Ankara Turkey http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >
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