Redhat Installs files where?

fuelinjection · 04-07-2004, 04:40 AM

When I install software via an rpm package, where does it put the software?

I'm having some major trouble locating files once they've been installed.

Thanks

Shaun

Ice9 · 04-07-2004, 06:26 AM

Most of the time the executable files are placed in /usr/bin
You should be able to start an installed application by doing
ALT + F2 and then type the name of the program into the run_box.

Also when you install something and you don't know what the name of the executable file is, take a look into /usr/bin and generally you'll find what you're looking for.

ugge · 04-07-2004, 07:03 AM

To see where a specific package places it's files then run rpm -qlp <package>.rpm
This will show a list of files installed and where they end up.