Checking a package install directory with pacman

syazhani · 2008-10-26 23:24:42

Hello fellow archers.

How do I check where pacman installed a package without having to look for the PKGBUILD manually?
It's annoying to hunt where a binary is put in after package installation.

Thanks in advance.

Xyne · 2008-10-26 23:31:40

The PKGBUILD wouldn't help anyway.

You can list all files belonging to a package like this:

pacman -Ql <pkg_name>

To find the binaries, this should do the trick:

pacman -Ql <pkg_name> | grep -P '^\S+ (\/usr)?\/bin'

Last edited by Xyne (2008-10-26 23:33:43)

arkham · 2008-10-26 23:55:55

why not

pacman -Ql <pkg_name> | grep '/usr/bin'

It's easier to remember and to type...

syazhani · 2008-10-26 23:56:56

Wow thanks! I was reading the man on --info can't believe how I missed -l just under it.

Well I did hunt a bin based on install directory variable in a PKGBUILD before. Painful.

Xyne · 2008-10-27 00:10:03

ooops, hit 'quote' instead of 'edit'

Last edited by Xyne (2008-10-27 00:13:32)

Xyne · 2008-10-27 00:12:46

Xyne wrote:

arkham wrote:
why not
pacman -Ql <pkg_name> | grep '/usr/bin'
It's easier to remember and to type...
That would miss all binaries in '/bin'.

The best might be to use

pacman -Ql <pkg_name> | grep '/bin'

and just visually filter anything that happens to be on a path with a bin* dir in it (/home/grandma/bingo_cards/etc)

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Checking a package install directory with pacman

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