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Operating System Specific Discussions => Linux PPC discussion => Topic started by: klx300r on December 04, 2010, 01:32:42 PM
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I occasionally dual boot Debian on my Samflex & noticed that sometimes when I install programs via the package manager they don't show up anywhere on the system:confused: any ideas
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I occasionally dual boot Debian on my Samflex & noticed that sometimes when I install programs via the package manager they don't show up anywhere on the system:confused: any ideas
If they don't show up in:
dpkg -l | grep -i packagename
then they are not installed.
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the packages are checked off as others are that work. I'm a linux noob & find it difficult to figure out the file system under Debian
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I occasionally dual boot Debian on my Samflex & noticed that sometimes when I install programs via the package manager they don't show up anywhere on the system:confused: any ideas
You can list files installed from a package with the following command (if I remember correctly, am not on a debian system at the moment)
dpkg --listfiles packagename
Files in /usr/bin are commands executable from the terminal.
greets,
Staf.
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If the program has a distinctive name, such as "bastille," then the apropos command is useful. For example, typing "apropos bastille" at a terminal will list every man document that mentions bastille in its description. Then you can read the proper man document and learn how to use your program, start it up, and so on.