Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:06:13 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Jim jim <jimbo433@msn.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't find installed executables Message-ID: <4E941515.1030400@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <COL113-W3694E388357013C5DA2FF092E20@phx.gbl> References: <COL113-W3694E388357013C5DA2FF092E20@phx.gbl>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigFA4F034735B72975423430E8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/10/2011 10:09, Jim jim wrote: > I'm kind of new to FreeBSD and installed the latest version a few > days ago, it gave me the option to install some packages and I chose > some of them like 'FlightGear' for example.But now I don't know how > to execute this game or any other program I got installed. I can find > the folder and it's like /usr/ports/games/flightgear but there is the > Makefile so I think that is the installation folder and i also tried > to install it but than it shows me that it is already installed.Could > you tell me which one is the executable and how to run it or where I > can find it? We all had to begin somewhere. As a general principle, if you don't know how to do something, first check the handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ Also, the usual regime of Googling and so forth. If you're still mystified, then feel free to ask here. Now, for your specific question. /usr/ports/games/flightgear is not the location of the software you installed. Rather it is a set of instructions for how to download, build and install that particular software. FlightGear is a bit tricky in that the programs you need to run don't have names anything like the package itself, as you might expect. You can tell this by looking at the file /usr/ports/games/flightgear/pkg-plist which is a list of the files that package installs. Not all ports have a simple pkg-plist file like that, so alternatively you could run: pkg_info -lx flightgear | less (most, but not all, portnames are lower-case) Now, which of those to run? This port installs some manual pages. I'd try reading fgfs(1) and fgjs(1) -- which means read the manual page for fgfs from section 1 of the manual. ie type this: man 1 fgfs Well, '1' is the default actually, so you could miss that bit out and still achieve the desired effect. There can be occasions where you need to specify it --- compare printf(1) with printf(3) for example. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigFA4F034735B72975423430E8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6UFRsACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzDzwCgkYXgOAMTW5e6d0QBl1J2hynS GikAoIza4KwtazDkvT3QKo/3El1pTaID =0hHI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigFA4F034735B72975423430E8--
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