Re: Using Debian Package Manager

On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 11:49:43AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote:
> > russ421@aol.com:
> >
> > > I wanted to install a motherboard monitor. I found one in the list, xmbmon,
> > > and chose to install it. It said installation complete. However, I have no
> > > idea how to find it and run it. It's not showing up in the applications list
> > > anywhere.
>
> You can see the contents of a package by:
>
> $ dpkg -L package-name
>
> I often do this and grep or look for files in bin/, etc/, man/, etc.
> directories to get a "jump-start" on what a package contains. All packages
> should put a directory under /usr/share/bin/ containing README files, changelogs,

oops...                        /usr/share/doc/

> sometimes examples and other documentation.

-- 
Ken Irving, fnkci@uaf.edu


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