Try the locate command: locate <app name>...
This will give you a huge list of stuff, but it will give you a better feel for how everything is set up and where it goes. Also, when you list a directory, always do ls -l. This will tell you right off if the file is a directory or an executable. examples: I ran the command locate netscape, from inside my home directory, and I got the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] twillis]$ locate netscape /usr/bin/evolution-netscape-importer /usr/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/etc/bbdb/bbdb-to-netscape.el /usr/share/doc/samba-2.2.7/LDAP/samba-schema-netscapeds4.x /usr/share/doc/samba-2.2.7/LDAP/samba-schema-netscapeds5.x /usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kcontrol/kcmnetscapeplugins.docbook /usr/share/doc/HTML/en/kdeprint/kprinter-as-netscape-printcommand.png /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/16x16/apps/netscape.png /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/16x16/mimetypes/netscape_doc.png /usr/share/icons/Bluecurve/32x32/apps/netscape.png ...etc...etc... However, when I run this command, there's one path that I notice that's different than all the others... this one: /usr/local/netscape "Hmmmm" I think to myself. This might be an executable. Let me check it out... so I do cd /usr/local and do ls -l and see the following: [EMAIL PROTECTED] local]$ ls -l total 48 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 bin drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 doc drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 etc drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 games drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 22 2001 include drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 lib drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 22 2001 libexec drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 28 08:57 man drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Feb 27 09:20 netscape drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 sbin drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Feb 26 05:41 share drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 6 1996 src Well..when I was a complete newbie (I still think of myself as a newbie, though I've been doing this off and on for about a year), I wouldn't have known what to make of all the drwxr-xr-x stuff...and for the most part, I still don't...but what I DO know after looking at this, is that the file netscape, is a directory...I know this based on the drwx yadda yadda stuff... so, I cd netscape and see what's there... ls -l when I'm there, and I see, along with a bunch of other stuff, a file called netscape, but this time, the stuff at the beginning looks like this -rwxr-xr-x... "hmmmmm" I say again (as people around me start to stare)... I think I'll see if this file is the executable for the browser I just installed! So I run ./netscape, and guess what...it's the file I was looking for... Anyway, hope that helps. It really might help if we knew what package/program you installed...someone might know off the top of their head where it sets itself up! Good luck! And welcome to the Linux world! On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 11:48, Mark Phelps wrote: > I appreciate the help. Please don't take this puzzle on as part of your > schedule. I'm sure it'll just take a little more time until I catch on > a little better. > > I did the which command. Only came up with the rpm file. > > Weirdness . .. > > Mark > On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 12:48, Anthony E. Greene wrote: > > On 04-Mar-2003/12:25 -0500, Mark Phelps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ><snip> > > > > > >Everyone has given helpful answers. I'm still lost on how to find an > > >app I installed. Not on the start menu; can't think of where to begin > > >looking for it. Good point on "wine", Tony. > > > > Try using the "which" command to find the complete path to the program. > > For instance, to find the complete path to mozilla, you'd type: > > > > which mozilla > > > > Then you could create a menu item for it by logging is as root and running > > the menu editor: gmenu > > > > > > Tony > > -- > > Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D > > AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> > > Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- J. Tim Willis “A Computer without Windows is like a chocolate cake without mustard.” -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
