rpm (second post)
Pete Nesbitt
pete at linux1.ca
Fri May 7 01:37:09 UTC 2004
REPOST:
This may show up later, but it seems to have gotten lost
...and will probably show up as I hit send :)
On May 6, 2004 02:24 pm, pop wrote:
> when i install rpm package how should i run the installed application?
> i mean if its entry is not created in start menu of linux
What package?
For a package 'xyz-3.4-2b.i386.rpm'
the binary is likely 'xyz'
How to start it depends what it is. For example if it is a service, it may be
set up to run with 'service xyz start'
or if it is utility, it may reside in /usr/local/bin and just execute the
binary/script:
'/usr/local/bin/xyz'
If you do not know where it is, you can do one of two things:
a) as root run 'updatedb' (or wait a day)
then as a reg user run 'locate xyz|grep bin'
b) query the rpm data base:
'rpm -ql xyz'
Once you find it, if you want, you can add an icon or whatever to the gui.
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Pete Nesbitt, rhce
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