LinuxQuestions.org
Welcome to the most active Linux Forum on the web.
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie
User Name
Password
Linux - Newbie This Linux forum is for members that are new to Linux.
Just starting out and have a question? If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place!

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 05-13-2004, 08:44 PM   #1
ndn
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: May 2004
Posts: 4

Rep: Reputation: 0
Thumbs up How to find ?


OK,can somebody please tell me what is the easiest way to find a program that i just installed. It is a rpm file, and installation went ok, but i cant file the program at all. i tried find command i tried to find it from file manager, but nothing works.,
oh by the way i installed Caitoo.
ANy suggestions?

thanks

ndn
 
Old 05-13-2004, 09:01 PM   #2
jtshaw
Senior Member
 
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Seattle, WA USA
Distribution: Ubuntu @ Home, RHEL @ Work
Posts: 3,892
Blog Entries: 1

Rep: Reputation: 67
find / -iname "*caitoo*" will find all files with caitoo in it on your disk.

If you are sure the executable is named caitoo (I assume they would use uppercase letters in the name.. because most people don't then find / -name caitoo will do.
 
Old 05-13-2004, 09:05 PM   #3
ndn
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: May 2004
Posts: 4

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 0
thanks for the answer, but is there any easier way to find new installed rpm files?

thanks

ndn
 
Old 05-13-2004, 10:08 PM   #4
jtshaw
Senior Member
 
Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Seattle, WA USA
Distribution: Ubuntu @ Home, RHEL @ Work
Posts: 3,892
Blog Entries: 1

Rep: Reputation: 67
rpm -q -l <packagename>

man rpm for more information.
 
Old 05-14-2004, 01:40 AM   #5
chii-chan
Member
 
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: chikyuu (E103N6)
Distribution: Redhat 8.0 (2.4.25-custom), Fedora Core 1 (2.4.30-custom)
Posts: 357

Rep: Reputation: 30
apropos programname
 
  


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
linux find to find files with multiple patterns subu_s Programming 6 12-15-2010 12:15 AM
Can`t find C-compiler in Debian ,or at least can`t find one that can make executables hemmelig Linux - Software 4 05-26-2008 03:07 AM
I can find the camera but can't find the images? sneckert Linux - Newbie 2 02-02-2005 08:51 AM
find: . changed during execution of find suse degraffenried13 Linux - General 3 12-12-2004 07:13 PM
linux 'find' to find text files subu_s Programming 2 12-02-2004 02:56 AM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Newbie

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:28 PM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration