As a newbie, you probably don't want to go running through your
system looking for all the file locations of apps... If I'm wrong, issue
"whereis <app_name>"
Quote:
mingdao@james:~$ whereis gimp
gimp: /usr/bin/gimp /etc/gimp /usr/lib/gimp /usr/share/gimp /usr/man/man1/gimp.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/gimp.1.gz
mingdao@james:~$ whereis xmms
xmms: /usr/bin/xmms /usr/lib/xmms /usr/include/xmms /usr/share/xmms /usr/man/man1/xmms.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/xmms.1.gz
mingdao@james:~$ whereis scribus
scribus: /usr/local/bin/scribus /usr/local/lib/scribus
mingdao@james:~$ whereis fluxbox
fluxbox: /usr/X11R6/bin/fluxbox /usr/bin/X11/fluxbox /usr/X11/bin/fluxbox /usr/X11/man/man1/fluxbox.1.gz
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Not only does CheckInstall make it easy to
uninstall a package you
decide you don't want, but it will leave you a copy of the installed package
in the source directory it creates, so you can install it again on another system.
CheckInstall will create a Slackware, RPM or Debian compatible package
and install it with Slackware's installpkg, "rpm -i" or Debian's "dpkg -i" as
appropriate, so you can view it's contents with pkgtool ("rpm -ql" for RPM
users or "dpkg -l" for Debian) or remove it with removepkg ("rpm -e"|"dpkg -r").