On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 02:41:26PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > > Im still a little confused with some aspects of apt-get and would > like to see if someone could orient me a little, either pointing me to > some URLs , or answering briefly... > > I dont quite get it, lets say i apt-get install a package... so it > fetches the necessary files, downloads, and installs them.. but, > where does apt-get leaves the binaries? i mean for example, i apt- > get'ed xmms , and it downloaded and installed.. but i have no clue > on how to launch it. > > for example, Ximian Gnome too... im in the process of apt-get'ing > it... but after it downloads and installs, how will i launch it? > > thanks... > Camilo > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Camilo, one can say that apt-get puts everything where it belongs. Executables are all in /usr/bin/<programname>, so you can simply type <programname> to launch, as /usr/bin is in $PATH. Often, <programname> is the same as <packagename>. In case of doubt, find documentation in /usr/doc/<packagename> or /usr/share/doc/<packagename>. Regards, Joachim
