Finding Installed Apps

Premo_Maggot · 11-30-2005, 04:18 PM

This may sound stupid but can anyone tell me where apps go after I install them? For example I've installed bittorent through the rpm, but I can't find where it was put and it's not in the Kmenu.

(I'm running under FC4 and KDE)

Thanks.

Lotharster · 11-30-2005, 04:33 PM

Simply type

Code:

whereis bittorrent

in a terminal window.

Premo_Maggot · 11-30-2005, 05:01 PM

this is what it returns me

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# whereis bittorent
bittorent:
[root@localhost ~]#

i guess i installed it wrong.

thanks.

Lotharster · 11-30-2005, 05:09 PM

You can always try

Code:

find / -name bittorrent

If that does not yield a result, bittorrent is (probably) not installed.

ethics · 11-30-2005, 05:12 PM

run updatedb as root,
then slocate bittorrent

is it definatly bittorrent or one of the other clients such as azureus?

J.W. · 11-30-2005, 05:13 PM

Likewise if you are interested in reviewing the full set of installed packages, you can use the KPackage tool, which will group them by category.

Premo_Maggot · 11-30-2005, 06:07 PM

yeah, this is the original bittorent client. nothing has helped yet.

i'm running yum at the moment, that might help.

arrenlex · 11-30-2005, 08:26 PM

Does the command

Code:

ls /usr/bin/bt*

give any output? If so, post it.

Premo_Maggot · 12-01-2005, 01:53 PM

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# ls /usr/bin/bt*
/usr/bin/bterm
[root@localhost ~]#

lwl

arrenlex · 12-01-2005, 02:35 PM

Mmmno, that didn't help. Mine lists various aspects of the bittorrent program when I do that.