rpm (second post)

[pop]

thank you
that was very nice of you
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Nesbitt" <pete at linux1.ca>
To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: rpm (second post)


> 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.
> --
> Pete Nesbitt, rhce
>
>
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