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sup guys....i was wondering how i would know where the apps i am installing are going... for instance Real Player MPlayer Java etc...etc... When i installed those...there was nothing showing ...
  1. 12-29-2004 #1
    jblfan
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    related topics....i guess

    sup guys....i was wondering how i would know where the apps i am installing are going...

    for instance
    Real Player
    MPlayer
    Java

    etc...etc...

    When i installed those...there was nothing showing me where they were being installed....any info for future references would be appreciated....i am using Mandrake 10.1 KDE desktop.....and i just found the menu editor....so i was wanting to add those apps in there for easy starting...thanks in advance..

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    It always depends on how you've installed it...
    I would say that usualy an RPM gets installed here
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    /usr/bin
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    Ugo is correct, however if you installed using a .bin file, it may not be. You can find the location by using the locate command. For example,

    locate realplay

    will give you the location of the realplay executable. The best way to utilize MDK is to setup URPMI. When you install a program using URPMI, it automatically adds the program to your start menu. You can find setup instructions and a howto here.

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    To locate the binary, you can also use the which command:

    Code:
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sarumont@illusion $ which gcc
/usr/bin/gcc
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