want to view all the available applications installed by the suse 10.3 in my machine. I do not know there is this application call kwriter until i copy a text file from my mounted windows disk onto linux, double click on it and kwriter is running.

I'm also not able to access the kpowersave unless i click on the application on the taskbar.

I mean where can i find all the available applications in one window instead of opening this application on taskbar or open kwriter when there is a text file?

Oh yes, i using kde desktop
Thanks... Still new in linux...

You can run the command
There maybe so many packages, so you can redirect the output to a file e.g.
Kwrite is part of kdebase so you may not see it listed as an individual package. It should be somewhere in the menu (I think under Utilities -> Editors). If its not, just run the command "kmenu" (or right click on the menu button and choose to edit the menu) and create an entry for kwrite in the menu,

Thats great. Thanks for your reply.
The rpm -qa only lists out the applications installed.

Lets say for example i saw an application 'open-office' after using rpm -qa and i do not know i need to type 'oowriter' in the terminal to start the application. How do i find out that i need to type 'oowriter' to start the open office writer?

Is there any way to find out what commands to type to start the application?

Thanks

I don't know of any specific way to know the commands to start an application, but running something like "rpm -ql somepackage" will list all the files that were installed by that package. Most executables will be in /usr/bin or other */bin directories.

Thanks for ur information thanks

Yast, Software, Software Management, in the drop down menu select Package Groups, scroll all the way to the bottom and select zzz all.

Now on the right hand side you will have a list of "everything" that is available. Anything that has a check mark is installed, the tabs of each application shows files lists, dependencies, and so on. In the files list you will likely see where the executable resides. Typing that into aconsole will run the application, or you can use the information to create a link to it on your menu, or on your desktop.