Where are my programs going?

[Surge1243]

I can't seem to figure out where my programs are going after I install them. I'm running Red Hat 9 w/ GNOME and everytime I download a program (.rpm) and install it, I can never find it. In Mandrake it just showed up in the start menu (sorry too used to Windows) but in Red Hat it doesn't. Any ideas where they're going?

[OOPS!]

Hi,

What you can do is at the cli type: whereis programname
Or you can use: slocate programname.

That should work 95% of the time. Now depending on your GUI package manager, somewhere the should be a tab or menu option that will show you what files will be installed and where they will be installed to (if you are using rpms). If you use a tarball then the CLI is your best bet.

OOPS!

[kilgoretrout]

Most are installed to /usr/bin. You can also find it with:

$ which [program name]

The main trouble is it's not always clear what the program name will be under linux but it's usually just a lowercase spelling of the package name or some variation of it.