From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 22 05:51:13 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E547216A4F0 for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 05:51:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [195.170.0.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 420B943D2F for ; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 05:51:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from gothmog.gr (patr530-a069.otenet.gr [212.205.215.69]) i8M5p8QF024345; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:51:09 +0300 Received: from gothmog.gr (gothmog [127.0.0.1]) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i8M4lWwN065354; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:47:32 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from giorgos@localhost) by gothmog.gr (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i8M4lWe9065351; Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:47:32 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:47:32 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: KUKKO Message-ID: <20040922044732.GA52813@gothmog.gr> References: <96835896-0C53-11D9-AF42-003065C8233E@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <96835896-0C53-11D9-AF42-003065C8233E@hotmail.com> Phone: +30-2610-312145 Mobile: +30-6944-116520 cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: finding out information about installed ports/packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 05:51:14 -0000 On 2004-09-22 00:55, KUKKO wrote: > > I hate to bother you cause I know that you are probably busy with many > other more complicated issues. But I have run into this problem. Hi, The freebsd-questions list exists exactly for this purpose. So that people can ask FreeBSD-related questions. You are not bothering anyone :-) Please, try to use a short and to the point subject when posting though. Otherwise your question might get lost or ignored by people who quickly skim through hundreds of posts every day. I've changed the subject now. Just noting this for any future posts. > After installing many of the ports successfully (without errors) I > can't seem to be able to get them to start in gnome kde etc. except > for a few like like abiword. How can I learn how to start these apps > or any app once installed? In other words how can I learn the app > executing commands for ports etc. The ports add binaries in one or two very well-known places. These are /usr/local and /usr/X11R6. Look at the `bin' and `sbin' subdirectories of these two catalogs. A good way to find out exactly the executable files that a port installed in these directories is to use pkg_info(1) after installing it: # pkg_info | grep irssi irssi-0.8.9_2 A modular IRC client with many features # pkg_info -L irssi-0.8.9_2 | grep bin/ /usr/local/bin/irssi Regards, Giorgos