Where are all my programs installed to. In Window they usually go in the folder "Program Files" what's the Linux Mandrake version of this folder. Also where do I find IPTables (this may be answered with the previuous question!)

Thanks in advance

Steve

When you install from RPMs binaries go to /usr/bin, libraries to /usr/lib, other files may go to other directories in /usr. System programs (basic ones) usually go to /bin or /sbin. When you compile a program from source it usually goes to /usr/local/bin etc.

Iptables should be in your /sbin (/sbin/iptables).

You can almost always just type the name of the executable, and as long as it's in your search paths, the console/terminal will automatically find the location and execute the command.

I think some programs go somewhere under /etc don't they?

no, /etc is for configuration files.

Well there's some X11 things in there, and apache, and init scripts, so it's not all text files.

if you wanna know where an program executable is located, you can use the command whereis. E.g to find where winex3 is in my machine:

whereis winex3

That would give you the hole path to the executable . Most of the games are at /usr/local/games, I think :S?

OT (sorta), how do I find about my hardware? I heard it was like cat /etc/pci or cat /dev/pci, but that isn't working for me. I know hardware is mounted in the file structure under /dev.

I have a similar problem, I installed the RPMs for TightVMC and now i can not find the program...

i tried "whereis tightvmc" and i only get this:

$ whereis tightvnc
tightvnc:


what is that supposed to mean? I also tried the directories /usr/bin and /bin but i couldnt find it, and when i go to the RPM Drake it says they are installed already, what can i do?

/proc/pci, in fact. Info about hardware is in /proc. It's hard to say that the hardware is mounted in /dev. It's better to say that files in /dev represent certain pieces of hardware.

Try
rpm -ql tightvmc
It should list you all files from tightvmc RPM with their path (among them there will be the executable). Maybe it's in /sbin or /usr/sbin?

Thanks!

Another path type relation question ---

Where do I put my Webserver files to make them 'Live' on the net?

Do I just drop them in the Apache install directory?
Although I forget where it's installed to..

I know the Win2000 equiv is \..\Program Files\Apache Group\Apahce2\

IF whereis does not find your file:

Type updatedb

This builds a list of all files on the system.

Then type locate file

Alternatively, you can do this:

cd /; find | grep -i file

The command "find" by it's self will list every file on the system if typed in the root ( / ) directory, so expect that to take a while.

Whereis will only find things that are in your path. To see your path, type: echo $PATH

For webserver files, the default directory for the "default" website in the redhat install of apache is
/var/www/html

The config file for apache is in /etc/httpd/conf - usually httpd.conf or httpsd.conf. The default directory should be in there. If you're not talking about the default apache folder, but a specific virtual host in apache, it will be in the virtual host entry in the apache conf file. Search for "DocumentRoot" in the conf file. A virtual host usually looks like this:
<VirtualHost ip-address>
ServerName www.domainname.com
ServerAlias domainname.com www.othername.com othername.com
DocumentRoot /home/bob/www
</VirtualHost>
So, in this case, the files that show up when someone goes to domainname.com are in /home/bob/www.

~Will

thanks mara, i found all my programs!!!!!!!!