thank you that was very nice of you ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Nesbitt" <pete@xxxxxxxxx> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> 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 > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
