Opinions learning Ubuntu/Kubuntu

Tony linux433 at comcast.net
Tue Jun 5 23:05:55 UTC 2007


Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:21:03 -0400
> Chris <ubuntu at eportel.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hey...ok now, I don't have a clue how installing "rutebook" allowed me
>> to open this file in a browser?!  What indicated that the file after
>> downloading was going to be in the
>> usr/share/doc/rutebook/html/index.html location?  
>>     
>
> Cybe's answer works fine - but if you are interested in using the
> packaging tools another ( faster) way to find files from a package install
> is for example
>
> dpkg -L rutebook     # note capital "L" 
>
> To narrow it down you could do
>
> dpkg -L rutebook | grep index
>
> You might be interested in the apt howto, which you can install too:
>
> sudo apt-get install apt-howto-en     ( for the English version)
>
> In the case of the apt-howto, simply typing "apt-howto" without quotes in
> a terminal will open it in a browser once it is installed  :-)
>
> The apt howto is also available on line at
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/
>
> That's a Debian document of course, but the Ubuntu apt works the same way.
>
> Peter
>
>   
Hey thanks Peter,

 I did not know this was available with apt.

Tony D




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