RPMs

[Masamune]

i'm still having a few problems with linux. whenver i download an rpm package with software like for intance AIM. it doesn't tell me what directory it's installed to. how do i find out where it's installed to?

[Menokh]

/usr/bin
that is where the executables are usually kept.
Sometimes the wind up in odd places though, like /usr/lib/bin or /usr/local/bin

Once you figure it out, it will seem just as easy if not easier than Windows.

[Skatche]

whereis <command name>

For example: whereis gaim

But you don't actually need to know where they're installed. Just type "gaim" or whatever and off you go.

[vegeta1215]

Cool! I didn't know about the whereis function. Neat! I was at the point of not really caring where thing's went.

The rpm package thingy does all the work. I just know when I want a new program or want to update an old one, I just get src rpm and do:
rpm --rebuild progname.src.rpm

and then find the stuff it makes and do:
rpm -Uvh progname.mdk.k6.rpm