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smcsw2000

Member

Registered: 2007-06-22

Posts: 123

Where do packages go?

When I need to upgrade or add a package I know what to do and how to check them. But I just tried to put in a typing tutor for my kids and I don't know where to look or how to get it working. I did pacman -S gtypist and it downloaded and installed with no problems. If I do a pacman -Q gtypist I find I have gtypist 2.7.1.  If I try to find file I find it in usr/share and the executable file is in usr/bin. But I cannot find anything on the desktop or in any menu. This may be simple but I haven't installed a small program and tried to get it running. What do I do?

tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,604

Re: Where do packages go?

Run it from CLI.  If it's not in the menu, it's probably because it doesn't come with a *.desktop file. If that bothers you, write one for it. Use the existing ones in /usr/share/applications as templates

scj

Member

From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-09-23

Posts: 158

Re: Where do packages go?

To get a list of a packages files, you type 'pacman -Ql <pkg>'