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i have opensuse 10.3. why doesnt the locate command work in this distribution. it works real fine in redhat or fedora core and is really very helpful. by the way ...
  1. 03-27-2008 #1
    simple2021
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    Locate command

    i have opensuse 10.3. why doesnt the locate command work in this distribution. it works real fine in redhat or fedora core and is really very helpful.
    by the way i am a fan of command line and hence i prefer locate instead of search using GUI.
    any help is sincerely appreciated. thanks n c ya!!
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    First, make sure you have the findutils package installed and then run updatedb as root.
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    Install findutils-locate using YAST or zypper and as root run updatedb. Some distros do not install locate by default and openSUSE happens to be one of them.
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