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Hello ALL, If I installed a program from binary package (*.tar.gz), then does it make sense i use 'rpm -q xxxx' to check its existence on the system. Thanks...
  1. 08-06-2008 #1
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    Can I check if a binary package installed program has been installed using rpm -q xxx

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    If I installed a program from binary package (*.tar.gz), then does it make sense i use 'rpm -q xxxx' to check its existence on the system.


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    rpm -qxxx is for RPM packages. if you have a binary you can use find to get its location if you know the name of the binary. and when you know the location you can use crash or strings to get internal information
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