[luau] locate apt and synaptic after rpm -i?

[tom_gordon at notes.k12.hi.us]

Or even simpler:

rpmquery synaptic

If your not sure what it's called exactly use grep on the whole list:

rpmquery -a|grep -i syn

This will take a few seconds depending on speed.  (-i means 
case-insensative)

Not only is locate updated once per day (4 AM by default) but also 
/var/log/rpmpkgs.    This log is like an rpmquery -a except it's sorted, 
has the .rpm extension and the archatecture (ie: i386, athlon):

grep -i syn /var/log/rpmpkgs

Aloha,

Tom



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TB wrote:
> I'm trying to get fedora going, so I downloaded the
> rpm for apt and synaptic and installed them. I think.
> I ran rpm -i filename.
> 
> Then I tried "locate apt-get" and got nothing. And
> "locate synaptic", also nothing. then I tried just
> running apt-get, it worked. 
> 
> Why is the locate command letting me down? How do I
> find out where rpm installed synaptic? 

locate uses a database that is rebuilt automatically once per day from 
cron.  It wont immediately know about changes to your filesystem.  You 
can force a rebuild of that database with "updatedb".

After a RPM package is installed, use the following command to list all 
files within that package.

rpm -ql synaptic

Warren

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