On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 12:38, Andrey Andreev wrote: > Hi, > > Jo O'Connor wrote: > > > However, I'm too dumb to figure out how to install this, as I can't even > > figure out where my current version of Kopete is installed. Can someone > > BTW, maybe I shall mention that modern Linux does not have a directory > organization similiar to Windows's "Program Files". Our binaries usually > go in /usr/bin, our libraries in /usr/lib, our configuration files in > /etc, etc.. We tend to use some packaging system (RPM for Fedora, and > many others) to keep track of what goes where, and do the management > (uninstalls, upgrades, etc). > > Look at > > http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/index.html > > and look at some RPM documentation. to get a clearer idea of how it works. > > Regards, > > Andrey A couple of good commands to know are whereis commandname locate commandname Both of these will help you find where a particular file is located. whereis uses a database which is updated using updatedb command. locate searches your current users paths for the command. Check out the man page on both for more information. -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx Where are the calculations that go with a calculated risk?
