[gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

[gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

[Zhengquan Zhang]

Hi, Gentoo users,
I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show
where a package is installed? which file is installed in which
directory?

Thanks a lot,

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Zhengquan

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

[Justin]

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Zhengquan Zhang wrote:
> Hi, Gentoo users,
> I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show
> where a package is installed? which file is installed in which
> directory?
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
emerge app-portage/portage-utils and go with "qlist package"


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Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

[Dale]

Zhengquan Zhang wrote:
> Hi, Gentoo users,
> I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show
> where a package is installed? which file is installed in which
> directory?
>
> Thanks a lot,
>
>   

I'm not sure this is what you are talking about but this may help:

equery files <package name>

emerge gentoolkit for that command.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

[Zhengquan Zhang]

2009/10/9 Justin <justin@j-schmitz.net>:
> Zhengquan Zhang wrote:
>> Hi, Gentoo users,
>> I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show
>> where a package is installed? which file is installed in which
>> directory?
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
> emerge app-portage/portage-utils and go with "qlist package"

Exactly, Thanks a bunch,

Zhengquan
>
>



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Zhengquan

[gentoo-user] Re: commands to show where a package is installed?

[Harry Putnam]

Zhengquan Zhang <zhang.zhengquan@gmail.com> writes:

> 2009/10/9 Justin <justin@j-schmitz.net>:
>> Zhengquan Zhang wrote:
>>> Hi, Gentoo users,
>>> I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show
>>> where a package is installed? which file is installed in which
>>> directory?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>
>> emerge app-portage/portage-utils and go with "qlist package"
>
> Exactly, Thanks a bunch,

There is also `equery'

emerge app-portage/gentoolkit


equery files pkgname (without version number)

It can do a few things that q can't and vice-versa if I recall
correctly. 

[gentoo-user] Re: commands to show where a package is installed?

[Harry Putnam]

Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> writes:

> Zhengquan Zhang wrote:
>> Hi, Gentoo users,
>> I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show
>> where a package is installed? which file is installed in which
>> directory?
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>>   
>
> I'm not sure this is what you are talking about but this may help:
>
> equery files <package name>
>
> emerge gentoolkit for that command.

Gack... sorry Dale ... somehow I didn't see that you had already
mentioned equery.

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

[Albert Hopkins]

On Fri, 2009-10-09 at 13:19 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote:
> Hi, Gentoo users,
> I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show
> where a package is installed? which file is installed in which
> directory?

If you are used to rpm, or simply prefer the format of its output, there
is also the rpm-like command, "epm" and you can

$ epm -ql <package>


app-portage/epm

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

[KH]

Zhengquan Zhang schrieb:
> Hi, Gentoo users,
> I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show
> where a package is installed? which file is installed in which
> directory?
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 

Hi,

not that powerful but sometimes also a help:


whereis - locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command

kh

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

[Zhengquan Zhang]

to be frank, it really amazes me that gentoo has so many options for a
simple task. It looks really flexible. I came from debian.

2009/10/10 KH <gentoo-user@konstantinhansen.de>:
> Zhengquan Zhang schrieb:
>>
>> Hi, Gentoo users,
>> I am new to gentoo and am wondering if there is a command to show
>> where a package is installed? which file is installed in which
>> directory?
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> not that powerful but sometimes also a help:
>
>
> whereis - locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command
>
> kh
>
>



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Zhengquan

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

[Dale]

Zhengquan Zhang wrote:
> to be frank, it really amazes me that gentoo has so many options for a
> simple task. It looks really flexible. I came from debian.
>
>   

Well, to quote a old song, you ain't seen nothing yet.  It amazes me
that you can ask how to find out something and you get about 5 or 6
different ways to do the same thing.  That's not even counting different
options that can be used for the same command. 

I would urge you to check into the "q" command and equery.  I !think!
the "q" command is part of portage.  It may be part of gentoolkit tho. 
Just the "q" command has more than a dozen different things it does. 
equery can do a lot too but some say it has some "accuracy" problems at
times.  It works for my little simple stuff tho.

Hope that gives you a little more pointers. 

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] commands to show where a package is installed?

[Albert Hopkins]

On Sat, 2009-10-10 at 10:57 -0500, Zhengquan Zhang wrote:
> to be frank, it really amazes me that gentoo has so many options for a
> simple task. It looks really flexible. I came from debian.


I'll give you another one, and it doesn't require you to install any
extra package:

# cat /var/db/pkg/<category>/<package>-<version>/CONTENTS

;-)

[gentoo-user] Re: commands to show where a package is installed?

[Jonathan Callen]

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Dale wrote:
> I would urge you to check into the "q" command and equery.  I !think!
> the "q" command is part of portage.  It may be part of gentoolkit tho. 
> Just the "q" command has more than a dozen different things it does. 
> equery can do a lot too but some say it has some "accuracy" problems at
> times.  It works for my little simple stuff tho.

Actually, /usr/bin/q belongs to app-portage/portage-utils, not
app-portage/gentoolkit or sys-apps/portage. :)

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: commands to show where a package is installed?

[Dale]

Jonathan Callen wrote:
> Dale wrote:
> > I would urge you to check into the "q" command and equery.  I !think!
> > the "q" command is part of portage.  It may be part of gentoolkit tho.
> > Just the "q" command has more than a dozen different things it does.
> > equery can do a lot too but some say it has some "accuracy" problems at
> > times.  It works for my little simple stuff tho.
>
> Actually, /usr/bin/q belongs to app-portage/portage-utils, not
> app-portage/gentoolkit or sys-apps/portage. :)
>

Thanks.  I wasn't sure which package it belonged to.  I had forgot about
portage-utils.  Still a good command for someone to look into tho.

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: commands to show where a package is installed?

[James Ausmus]

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On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

> Jonathan Callen wrote:
> > Dale wrote:
> > > I would urge you to check into the "q" command and equery.  I !think!
> > > the "q" command is part of portage.  It may be part of gentoolkit tho.
> > > Just the "q" command has more than a dozen different things it does.
> > > equery can do a lot too but some say it has some "accuracy" problems at
> > > times.  It works for my little simple stuff tho.
> >
> > Actually, /usr/bin/q belongs to app-portage/portage-utils, not
> > app-portage/gentoolkit or sys-apps/portage. :)
> >
>
> Thanks.  I wasn't sure which package it belonged to.  I had forgot about
> portage-utils.  Still a good command for someone to look into tho.
>


When you forget which package a command (or any random file) belongs to, a
great way to figure it out would be:

equery belongs $(which q)

;)

-James



>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: commands to show where a package is installed?

[Dale]

James Ausmus wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com
> <mailto:rdalek1967@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Jonathan Callen wrote:
>     > Dale wrote:
>     > > I would urge you to check into the "q" command and equery.  I
>     !think!
>     > > the "q" command is part of portage.  It may be part of
>     gentoolkit tho.
>     > > Just the "q" command has more than a dozen different things it
>     does.
>     > > equery can do a lot too but some say it has some "accuracy"
>     problems at
>     > > times.  It works for my little simple stuff tho.
>     >
>     > Actually, /usr/bin/q belongs to app-portage/portage-utils, not
>     > app-portage/gentoolkit or sys-apps/portage. :)
>     >
>
>     Thanks.  I wasn't sure which package it belonged to.  I had forgot
>     about
>     portage-utils.  Still a good command for someone to look into tho.
>
>
>
> When you forget which package a command (or any random file) belongs
> to, a great way to figure it out would be:
>
> equery belongs $(which q)
>
> ;)
>
> -James
>
>  
>
>
>     Dale
>
>     :-)  :-)
>
>

I knew how to do it but I *thought* it would return a lot of hits from
anything containing the letter "q".  Later on when I had a little bit of
time to sit here, I tried it.  It only returned the one result.  Still
sort of surprised about that.  I actually just ran equery b q .  Neato
!  It has a microscope and read my mind.  o_O

Dale

:-)  :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: commands to show where a package is installed?

[Albert Hopkins]

On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 09:25 -0700, James Ausmus wrote:
> When you forget which package a command (or any random file) belongs
> to, a
> great way to figure it out would be:
> 
> equery belongs $(which q) 

Or use 'q' to find itself:

$ q file `which q`
app-portage/portage-utils (/usr/bin/q)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: commands to show where a package is installed?

[Alan McKinnon]

On Sunday 11 October 2009 19:29:19 Dale wrote:
> > equery belongs $(which q)
> >
> > ;)
> >
> > -James
> >
> >  
> >
> >
> >     Dale
> >
> >     :-)  :-)
> 
> I knew how to do it but I thought it would return a lot of hits from
> anything containing the letter "q".  Later on when I had a little bit of
> time to sit here, I tried it.  It only returned the one result.  Still
> sort of surprised about that.  I actually just ran equery b q .  Neato
> !  It has a microscope and read my mind.  o_O

which doesn't accept regular expressions or wild-cards, it wants a literal 
value. The man page says it will return the path used if the exact argument is 
entered on the command line. So you can only get one answer

-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: commands to show where a package is installed?

[Alan McKinnon]

On Sunday 11 October 2009 19:30:30 Albert Hopkins wrote:
> On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 09:25 -0700, James Ausmus wrote:
> > When you forget which package a command (or any random file) belongs
> > to, a
> > great way to figure it out would be:
> >
> > equery belongs $(which q)
> 
> Or use 'q' to find itself:
> 
> $ q file `which q`
> app-portage/portage-utils (/usr/bin/q)
> 

To amuse and delight your kids, have which find itself:

# which which
/usr/bin/which

-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: commands to show where a package is installed?

[Dale]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Sunday 11 October 2009 19:29:19 Dale wrote:
>   
>>> equery belongs $(which q)
>>>
>>> ;)
>>>
>>> -James
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>
>>>     Dale
>>>
>>>     :-)  :-)
>>>       
>> I knew how to do it but I thought it would return a lot of hits from
>> anything containing the letter "q".  Later on when I had a little bit of
>> time to sit here, I tried it.  It only returned the one result.  Still
>> sort of surprised about that.  I actually just ran equery b q .  Neato
>> !  It has a microscope and read my mind.  o_O
>>     
>
> which doesn't accept regular expressions or wild-cards, it wants a literal 
> value. The man page says it will return the path used if the exact argument is 
> entered on the command line. So you can only get one answer
>
>   

It appears so.  I learned something today.  Just wonder how long it will
stay around in my brain. 

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: commands to show where a package is installed?

[Peter Humphrey]

On Sunday 11 October 2009 22:23:11 Alan McKinnon wrote:

> > I knew how to do it but I thought it would return a lot of hits from
> > anything containing the letter "q".  Later on when I had a little bit of
> > time to sit here, I tried it.  It only returned the one result.  Still
> > sort of surprised about that.  I actually just ran equery b q .  Neato
> > !  It has a microscope and read my mind.  o_O
>
> which doesn't accept regular expressions or wild-cards, it wants a literal
> value. The man page says it will return the path used if the exact argument
> is entered on the command line. So you can only get one answer

Interesting. I tried it just out of interest and I got two:

$ equery b q
[ Searching for file(s) q in *... ]
app-portage/portage-utils-0.1.29 (/usr/bin/q)
sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2 (/usr/share/terminfo/q)
$

-- 
Rgds
Peter

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: commands to show where a package is installed?

[Alan McKinnon]

On Monday 12 October 2009 11:11:06 Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Sunday 11 October 2009 22:23:11 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > > I knew how to do it but I thought it would return a lot of hits from
> > > anything containing the letter "q".  Later on when I had a little bit
> > > of time to sit here, I tried it.  It only returned the one result. 
> > > Still sort of surprised about that.  I actually just ran equery b q . 
> > > Neato !  It has a microscope and read my mind.  o_O
> >
> > which doesn't accept regular expressions or wild-cards, it wants a
> > literal value. The man page says it will return the path used if the
> > exact argument is entered on the command line. So you can only get one
> > answer
> 
> Interesting. I tried it just out of interest and I got two:
> 
> $ equery b q
> [ Searching for file(s) q in *... ]
> app-portage/portage-utils-0.1.29 (/usr/bin/q)
> sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2 (/usr/share/terminfo/q)

There's always someone willing to go look and find the exceptions :-)

So your box just happens to have *two* files named "q" "-)


-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: commands to show where a package is installed?

[Dale]

Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Sunday 11 October 2009 22:23:11 Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
>   
>>> I knew how to do it but I thought it would return a lot of hits from
>>> anything containing the letter "q".  Later on when I had a little bit of
>>> time to sit here, I tried it.  It only returned the one result.  Still
>>> sort of surprised about that.  I actually just ran equery b q .  Neato
>>> !  It has a microscope and read my mind.  o_O
>>>       
>> which doesn't accept regular expressions or wild-cards, it wants a literal
>> value. The man page says it will return the path used if the exact argument
>> is entered on the command line. So you can only get one answer
>>     
>
> Interesting. I tried it just out of interest and I got two:
>
> $ equery b q
> [ Searching for file(s) q in *... ]
> app-portage/portage-utils-0.1.29 (/usr/bin/q)
> sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2 (/usr/share/terminfo/q)
> $
>
>   

Hmmm, two apparently different commands with the same name.  I thought
that wasn't supposed to happen?

Dale

:-) :-) 

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: commands to show where a package is installed?

[Frank Steinmetzger]

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Am Montag, 12. Oktober 2009 schrieb Dale:

> > Interesting. I tried it just out of interest and I got two:
> >
> > $ equery b q
> > [ Searching for file(s) q in *... ]
> > app-portage/portage-utils-0.1.29 (/usr/bin/q)
> > sys-libs/ncurses-5.6-r2 (/usr/share/terminfo/q)
> > $
>
> Hmmm, two apparently different commands with the same name.  I thought
> that wasn't supposed to happen?
>
> Dale

Relax, it's just a directory.
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