[wplug] Finding an App
Bill Moran
wmoran at potentialtech.com
Fri Apr 16 14:19:58 EDT 2004
PGHConsult Lists wrote:
> I'm trying to launch ethereal on my RH9 box. I know it's installed
> because rpm -q returns ethereal-0.10.3, but typing 'which ethereal' in a
> terminal window indicates that's it's not located anywhere in my PATH. I
> did a search for ethereal from the GUI which returns a file
> /etc/security/console.apps/ethereal which indicates the program should
> be located in /usr/sbin/ethereal but it's not there. Is there a way to
> use grep to determine where it is?
find / -name ethereal
will search your entire HDD (and any NFS mounted drives as well!) for that
filename.
Sure seems like it should be where you looked, though.
Isn't there a way to query the rpm database as to where it installs files?
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Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com
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