fangbite Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Although i've used linux for several months i rarely use rpm files (i prefer tar ) and the main reason behind this is the fact that i'm never told where the file goes. I just downloaded a new game with a rpm file. I installed the rpm and Mandrake says everything is great except for one minor detail. I have no friggin idea where i go to actually use it. I tried find, but that didn't work. Any suggestions on where to look for where rpms plant their stuff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 The rpms copy file to a variety of places, but the end result is a program being installed in much the same way as it would've if you'd done the normal ./configure -> ./make -> ./make install that you do with tars or tar.gz's So just execute the program? What program was it? We can tell you what to run if we know that. Otherwise go through /bin /sbin /usr/bin /usr/sbin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 rpm -ql <name_of_pkg> which <name_of_pkg> whereis <name_of_pkg> locate <name_of_pkg> slocate <name_of_pkg> and many more..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streeter Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 I like kpackage - gives a list of all files and their paths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 To use it, read this FAQ here http://www.mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=10600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 Hello Streeter. So do I. I used to use it but for some reason I did not install it this time in Mandrake10 OE. I will soon fix that however as I only realised it when I was wanting to describe a solution in another thread currently running. Just installed it. It is i kdeadmin-kpackage .x .x .x-rpm for anyone looking for it or you can find it on Disk #4 of the 4 disk set. Cheers. John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 yeah...what's up with that? How do we know what package ABCDEF.so.0 is in? COuld be anything from libABC to libXYZ, so we go and ask rpmseek. www.rpmseek.com while that's one way, it's the slow way and sometimes inaccurate way to resolve deps and usually makes the journey a lot longer urpmf ABCDEF.so.0 urpmf is your dep_friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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