How to run after emerge

**Dylock** · 09-30-2005

Im pretty new to gentoo and linux. I've emerged some things before and got lucky by typing in the name and it running in a terminal
But some other things I have emerged won't do that. Is there a way to figure out what the commands are to start certain software. The emerge that I'm having problems with is OpenOffice.
Thanks for the help
Dylock

**Varean** · 09-30-2005

For open office, jsut type in

Code:

oo------

in the terminal. The ------ is the process you want. For example,

Code:

oowriter

opens up OpenOffice writer.

**variant** · 09-30-2005

type oo in the terminal and press the tab key twice, it will show you all commands that have "oo" at the start.

**Varean** · 09-30-2005

Originally Posted by variant

type oo in the terminal and press the tab key twice, it will show you all commands that have "oo" at the start.

Thats a neat trick.

**loft306** · 10-01-2005

Originally Posted by Varean

Originally Posted by variant

type oo in the terminal and press the tab key twice, it will show you all commands that have "oo" at the start.

Thats a neat trick.

do that with every command and some other things and many apps also there is TAB-complete

P.S. not available in windows.....though most oss(GPL) apps for windows do have it!

**jaboua** · 10-01-2005

If it is openoffice 2 beta, I belive the command was s--- instead of oo---

**genesus** · 10-01-2005

there are many other ways as well, you could do an emerge, or a slocate if you are not entirely sure what yoiu are looking for, remember before you do an slocate you shoiuld do a updatedb first. Also, at the end of the emerge it tells yoiu what command it has put in world favorites, and sometimes if it is not in /usr/bin, but in /usr/games/bin it won't run without the path...

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