How about this: rpm -ql firefox which will list the files installed by the rpm package, from that look for the files that were installed in the /??/bin /??/??/bin or any other bin directory. or a simple <which firefox>, without the brackets, should result in something like /usr/bin/firefox Hope it helps John On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 22:36 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 14 April 2005 21:48, Jason Hoskins wrote: > >How do I determine where an application is installed in Fedora Core > > 3? I have installed a couple of apps using RPMs and I do not know > > how to start them. I have found Netscape which from the terminal I > > type '/.Netscape' and it sounded like it was starting, waited for a > > few minutes and returned to the command prompt. > > > >Thanks in advance! > > Wrong syntax. If you are in the same directory as the executable, but > it (that directory) is not in your $PATH, then the syntax > is ./Netscape, not /.Netscape. The latter syntax would tell it to > look in the / directory or partition, for a hidden file > called .Netscape. Taint gonna work (unless thats where you put it > that is :-) > > -- > Cheers, Gene > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > 99.34% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly > Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above > message by Gene Heskett are: > Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. > --
