Finding installed programs?
 

RH8, Kde, newbie
I installed a program and i cant find it installed anywhere, it was a RPM and when i try to reinstall it, it says its already installed. What do i do?

which

well lets just say the file was called theprogram.rpm assuming you used an rpm, then you could open a terminal and type "whereis theprogram" or "locate theprogram" and it will tell you where it went....even if it was a tarball the same stands true...

The program is called privoxy.

rpm -qa | grep -i "the file name"

*use above command without quote


if " the file name" exist it will show!....


to uninstall it use

rpm -e "the file name"

*use above command without quote

What was the program or package name?

Try opening an x terminal and giving the first bit of the package name

If I installed qcad-1.5.4-2.redhat.i386.rpm, I would try the command

qcad

# Guides to software and installation and uninstallation
LNAG - How do I install a program I downloaded from the Internet?
Rute Guide's software explanation
You might want to check out CheckInstall to manage source code installations/uninstallation


# Redhat links
RedHat Linux Manuals
Get your mp3 support here
Maximum RPM
rpmfind
Easier software management: apt4rpm - Red Carpet
RedHat 8.0 Tips & Tricks

# Redhat 7.3 down configuration commands
setup leads to several configuration tools

# Redhat 7.3 up configuration commands
Configure soundcard:
redhat-config-soundcard
Configure X server:
redhat-config-xfree86
Configure network:
redhat-config-network

# Handling NTFS
New Technology FileSystem (NTFS) HOWTOs
Linux NTFS project

huh, i found it using the whereis command, how come when i tried to find it with the find files in kde it only found the rpm? wierd, anyway how do i run it, All the files look like text files and 3 of them are shortcuts to web pages. Thanks