new user help

Brian bri at sonicboom.org
Sun Apr 1 05:05:48 UTC 2007


Michael Brady wrote:
> I am very new to Freebsd so this might be a dumb question, but I can't find
> an answer through FAQ..
>
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> I used the command "make install clean" to install some ported applications,
> and the installs went off without a hitch and reported successful.My problem
> is that I can't find the locations of the installed applications or the
> executables for the apps to run them.What am I missing here?
>
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> Thank you in advance.
>
> Michael Brady
>
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If you just installed them and havent relogged in yet, type rehash.  If 
that fails, run /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate as root and then locate 
filename.

Brian


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