RedHat 9 Documentation using RPMs (where do they go?)

enderjm · 03-25-2004, 04:47 AM

I am running Fedora Core 2 Test 1. I downloaded and installed some documentation from RedHat in RPM files. I am assuming most of the documentation shuld still generally apply to Fedora (barring the new kernel and other stuff understandably). My question is: where is the documentation installed? How do I get to it?

enderjm · 03-25-2004, 04:53 AM

Ok, this is funny. In answer to my own question: these guides are installed in HTML format in the following directory: /usr/share/doc/

I stumbled accross this while browsing through some menus. It ended up being listed under lost+found

jschiwal · 03-25-2004, 05:46 AM

Querying where the files from an rpm package can be done with the command:
rpm -ql <package>.
or rpm -q --list <package>
may be easier to remember.
All of the query commands start with the -q option.
Such as: rpm -q --info <package> which will give you a description of the package.

You needn't give the full rpm filename, just the package name, like: rpm -qi postfix

Hope this helps in the future. These are easy to remember.

enderjm · 03-26-2004, 04:02 PM

Thanks! I'll use that so I remember it!