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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?
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...
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
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