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I am new to linux and in studying stage , i downloaded the i386 rpm files and used the command rpm -ivh *.rpm to install the files , i am not sure where does the extracted rpm package will be located , can anyone help me to find out the location exactly.
Distribution: Distribution: RHEL 5 with Pieces of this and that.
Kernel 2.6.23.1, KDE 3.5.8 and KDE 4.0 beta, Plu
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If already you can use this command to see what and where the files are at.
rpm -ql name_of_package
Do not include the rpm extension since once installed it is no longer a package.
Run the command ' man rpm ' to learn many more switches and options you can use.
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