How to find the executable for a program CentOS 7

swamprat · 04-27-2019, 12:20 PM

Greetings, I just installed the Moneydance finance program and I would like to try to create a short cut to the executable on the KDE desktop.

I have tried several forms of the find command but can't seem to find the executable file.

I know it works because when I go the the bottom left launcher on the home screen I can key in Moneydance and an entry comes up stating 'Run Moneydance' and it works, however this item can't be moved to the desktop as a short cut launcher.

Any Help is appreciated. Thanks

michaelk · 04-27-2019, 12:47 PM

Have you tried

which Moneydance
or
locate Moneydance

frankbell · 04-27-2019, 08:25 PM

Try whereis. From the man page:

Quote:

whereis - locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command

berndbausch · 04-27-2019, 08:38 PM

A slightly more advanced method:

Run the program, then open a terminal window. Find out what its process ID (PID) is, then find the executable. Here is an example; I find the executable for the named process:

Code:

$ pgrep named
12866
$ sudo ls -l /proc/12866/exe
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bind bind 0 Apr 27 06:43 /proc/12866/exe -> /usr/sbin/named

This will only work if you know the name. It may actually be called something else than Moneydance. The most reliable method is going into the KDE launcher configuration, but I don’t know where that is located.

Can you drag and drop the launcher entry for Moneydance? Or does hovering the mouse over it reveal something? Or right-clicking on the launcher entry?

If the software package that you installed is named something...Moneydance...something, this command displays all its files, which normally includes the executable:

Code:

rpm -ql something...Moneydance...something

individual · 04-27-2019, 08:55 PM

Have you tried looking in /opt/Moneydance?
According to this URL, that's where it is installed to by default.

Quote:

After the download is finished, double-click the moneydance_linux_x86.deb file to install. The installer normally places Moneydance in /opt/Moneydance but the GUI-based installers prompt you for the location to install Moneydance.

Though it specifically mentions the Debian version, I'm assuming it is the same for every Linux version.

EDIT: Yes, that is where everything is installed to if you used the .rpm to install Moneydance.

Code:

strings Moneydance-2017-1.i386.cpio | grep -Fi '/opt/Moneydance/money'
14407:07070200000000000081ed0000000000000000000000015be03563000029cf000000000000000000000000000000000000001c000cb5de./opt/Moneydance/Moneydance

swamprat · 04-29-2019, 10:56 AM

Thanks all for your quick replies.

I’m still working on getting this issue resolved. I know that if I install the package using RPM I would be able to use RPM to remove the package but what if I used a “TAR GZ” file to do the install. How would I go about deleting the package then?

I tried that and saw a “.moneydance” file in my user home directory.

What would be the proper format of the find command in order to find all occurences of Moneydance?

Again, Thanks.

jsbjsb001 · 04-29-2019, 11:00 AM

If you compiled it from source, then have you tried "make uninstall" ?

berndbausch · 04-29-2019, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swamprat

What would be the proper format of the find command in order to find all occurences of Moneydance?

As superuser:

Code:

find / -iname ‘*moneydance*’

The asterisks are wildcards. iname ignores case.

This only works if the executable’s name contains the string “moneydance”.

pan64 · 04-29-2019, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swamprat

if I used a “TAR GZ” file to do the install.

Most probably there is a readme inside that tar.gz. From the other hand without explaining how did you install hard to say anything.

ruario · 05-30-2019, 03:08 PM

If you know one of the files within the package. https://gist.github.com/ruario/a3605...6ad39fe39e5385