On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 23:20, David Eduardo Gomez Noguera wrote: > On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 21:03, the brilliant beast wrote: > > hello I installed real player rpm package. this is a x windows ap. > > how ever when I look in my list of aplications I do not see it. > > where does all the programs I install go?? > > this is frustrating me cause I can't find it on here. > > can you help me out? > > thanks > > hank > > > > It is, in my humble opinion, not a good idea for an app to add itself to > menues. you could do an > rpm -qi > on teh rpm you just installed to see where the binaries are. Then
Please be careful with the advice you hand out. This is the 2nd questionable RPM suggestion I've seen you post. The correct command to view installed files, as mentioned by Bret, is "rpm -ql <package>", where <package> is the name of said package. If you're unsure of the name of the package, you can use the "rpm -qf <file>" command to get the package that owns a particular file. This is in contrast to your earlier suggestion of "rpm -e --whatprovides `locate apachectl`". First, the --whatprovides option is used with the query (-q) flag, not the delete (-e) flag. In this case, the user should have first determined the package name using the "-qf" option, then deleted it with the package name. For future reference, the following query options... -i : Display package information, including name, version, and description -f : Query package owning FILE -l : List files in package --whatprovides CAPABILITY : Query all packages that provide the CAPABILITY capability Again, please be careful with the information you dispense. The rpm manpage is a valuable resource. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
