Re: Using Debian Package Manager

[Ken Irving <fnkci@uaf.edu>]

> russ421@aol.com:
> 
> > I wanted to install a motherboard monitor.  I found one in the list, xmbmon,
> > and chose to install it.  It said installation complete.  However, I have no
> > idea how to find it and run it.  It's not showing up in the applications list
> > anywhere.

You can see the contents of a package by:

    $ dpkg -L package-name

I often do this and grep or look for files in bin/, etc/, man/, etc. 
directories to get a "jump-start" on what a package contains.  All packages
should put a directory under /usr/share/bin/ containing README files, changelogs,
sometimes examples and other documentation.

Ken
 
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Ken Irving, fnkci@uaf.edu