beginner's questions

Hi, 1) I want to know if some software is installed in my cygwin. whereis and urpmi does not work. So how can i do this? 2) No login is required before connection. Am i root by default? If there is a tutorial answering this kind of questions please let me know. Thank you

RE: beginner's questions

Original Message From: community help Sent: 26 April 2005 12:21 Hi, 1) I want to know if some software is installed in my cygwin. whereis and urpmi does not work. So how can i do this? To find if any cygwin package contains a particular program, go to http://cygwin.com/packages

Re: beginner's questions

1) I want to know if some software is installed in my cygwin. whereis and urpmi does not work. So how can i do this? 2) No login is required before connection. Am i root by default? 1) urpmi is a specifc wrapper on rpm that is used in Mandriva (formerly Mandrake) Linux systems. Since