Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:48:32 -0700 (MST) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu> To: Juan Kuuse <kuuse@quik.guate.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie with package problems (file managers and StarOffice) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903231245320.8802-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu> In-Reply-To: <36F7E5F4.8DEB67E8@quik.guate.com>
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Hi,
On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Juan Kuuse wrote:
> I am new to FreeBSD and to UNIX in general.
> Browsing my 3.0-RELEASE CD, I evaluate packages (X11-fm, file managers).
>
> I list the packages and the problems:
> asfiles - how do I run it?
peloton: {1} more /usr/ports/x11-fm/asfiles/pkg/PLIST
bin/files
(so type files)
You might try tkdesk. (it's also in ports/x11-fm)
> A general question about packages:
> And how do I find out where they are installed and which command to use
> to run them?
> (It isn't always mentioned in the info given by pkg_info.)
Check either /var/db/pkg/+CONTENTS or
/usr/ports/some_dir/some_app/pkg/PLIST and look for the
bin/some_executable entries.
Both of these won't tell you the exact path, but once you know the name of
the executable you can just do a "which some_file" and it will tell you
where it's located.
Brett
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