Hi, --- Amachu <sriramadas(a)gmail.com> wrote: Depends on what xxxxx is. Usually software gets installed in /usr/bin, /usr/sbin. If its a library it can get installed in /usr/lib. Just do a whereis on the package name. whereis lspci Yes. Its usually done only when you are compiling from sources, and when you are testing a particular version release of a software. Some packages are dependencies for other packages. You don't want to disturb the package management build of your distro. Moreover, when you have auto-installer tools like yum, apt-get, emerge, YaST, its much easier to install software using them than doing it manually. HTH, SK -- Shakthi Kannan, MS Software Engineer, Specsoft (Hexaware Technologies) [E]: cyborg4k(a)yahoo.com [M]: (91) 98407-87007 [W]: http://www.shakthimaan.com [L]: Chennai, India __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 23:56 +0530, Amachu wrote: To find out where the files will be installed, $ rpm -qpl xxxxx.rpm For an installed package, $ rpm -ql xxxxx You can change the installation location using the --prefix and --relocate options. For more details 'man rpm' Vijay Vijay -- Free the Code, Free the User. Website: http://www.bravegnu.org