...forgot to post to list -----Original Message----- From: justin cunningham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 2:39 PM To: 'Hélio Perroni Filho' Subject: RE: (Fwd) Re: Lost in apt-get
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/apt-get-intro.html -----Original Message----- From: Hélio Perroni Filho [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 3:58 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: (Fwd) Re: Lost in apt-get > 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. Most of the times binaries will be at /usr/bin/, /usr/local/bin or /usr/X11R6/bin -- which hopefully are in your $PATH -- and have the same name as the program itself, with all letters in lower-case. So, the first thing to try after installing a new package is just to type its name in a terminal window (in your example, just try entering "xmms" and see what happens). If that doesn't work, you can try "dpkg -L <name of the package>", which will list the files (with complete path) owned by the package, and then search for something that looks like a binary. Until we meet again... Hélio Perroni Filho -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
