installed software dir in Mandrake10
 

HI All

Stupid question here. I am using Mandrake 10, and would like to know where software installed via the Mandrake Package manager is put?

Cheers

For a good breakdown of directory structure, take a look at:

http://www.dynamic-apps.com/linux_directories.jsp

The /bin directory contains binaries (executables) that are used in single-user systems. For multi-user systems these binaries are usually stored in the /usr/bin directory.

You can usually locate a binary by using the whereis command in a terminal windows. For example, if you installed the apt-get RPM, you could enter:

whereis apt-get

At a terminal prompt, and a list of locations would be returned. The location that is of interest to you is /bin/apt-get or /usr/bin/apt-get.

Hope this helps!

That makees life a lot easier, cheers.