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installed rpms, but where did it go

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Name: matt
Date: November 1, 2003 at 16:07:56 Pacific
OS: redhat 9/windows 98
CPU/Ram: Pentium 200 MMX
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i have redhat 9, and everytime i install an rpm, it says it installed, but i cant find any of the programs! like i found aim by going into the /usr/lib/aim but some of the programs like wine i cant find! can anybody help me?



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Name: C_Legend
Date: November 2, 2003 at 00:25:39 Pacific
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At a command prompt, enter this:

# rpm -ql packagename

That will list all the files installed as part of the rpm, such as "rpm -ql wine", and you may want to pipe it to more, such as "rpm -ql wine|more".

Good luck.


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