From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 1 22:12:49 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC2A916A40A for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 22:12:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7A5713C4B7 for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2007 22:12:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 18268 invoked from network); 1 Apr 2007 17:12:48 -0500 Received: from 203-217-42-11.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (203.217.42.11) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 1 Apr 2007 17:12:48 -0500 Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 08:12:44 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome To: Brian Message-ID: <20070402081244.68e5ad77@localhost> In-Reply-To: <460F3DAB.8000409@sonicboom.org> References: <460F3DAB.8000409@sonicboom.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.8.0 (GTK+ 2.10.11; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Michael Brady , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: new user help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:12:50 -0000 On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:05:47 -0700 Brian wrote: > Michael Brady wrote: > > I am very new to Freebsd so this might be a dumb question, but I can't find > > an answer through FAQ.. > > > > > > > > I used the command "make install clean" to install some ported applications, > > and the installs went off without a hitch and reported successful.My problem > > is that I can't find the locations of the installed applications or the > > executables for the apps to run them.What am I missing here? [....] > If you just installed them and havent relogged in yet, type rehash. If > that fails, run /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate as root and then locate > filename. or, simply, which [your_program_exec_name] and it will list where it's found. For example, if you installed firefox, [betom@ayiin] [Mon Apr 2 08:10:29 2007] /usr/home/betom $ which firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox In some cases, the executable of the package you installed is not clear at first sight. You should then query the package itself to tell you everything that it installed in a bin directory (where executable binaries go:) pkg_info -L [pkg_name]* | grep bin eg: [betom@ayiin] [Mon Apr 2 08:12:06 2007] /usr/home/betom $ pkg_info -L firefox* | grep bin /usr/local/bin/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox-config /usr/local/include/firefox/gtkxtbin/gtk2xtbin.h /usr/local/include/firefox/gtkxtbin/gtkxtbin.h /usr/local/lib/firefox/firefox-bin /usr/local/lib/firefox/libgtkxtbin.so /usr/local/lib/firefox/res/html/gopher-binary.gif /usr/local/bin/firefox-remote /usr/local/bin/thunderbird-remote Good luck :) _______________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "A tree as big around as you can reach starts with a small seed; a thousand-mile journey starts with one step." Lao-tse I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.