[HLUG] Where is my new package?

Malcolm Herbert mherbert at redhat.com
Mon Jul 9 14:56:00 BST 2007


can you run djview from the command line ?

the end of the "make install" should show where it was installed and
this may not be in $PATH ?

can't help with the pkg issues, more rpm myself

Malc

On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 14:49 +0100, Graham Cole wrote:
> Amazing how things can seem to go wrong. I downloaded a package as a
> tarball, compiled it ok (message said so) and did the make and make
> install afterwards. It seemed to go well but I can't find the new
> package, djview, in the applications menu. It's a reader similar to pdf
> readers so it should be under graphics.
> I don't know if I have a failed install or a failed recognition by my
> Gnome desktop.  Is there a simple command to check the installation? I
> think dpkg works only on apt downloaded packages. I didn't use apt
> because Synaptic (which uses apt) has failed to install djview, though
> it works for other people. I found that out through question #9284 which
> people have kindly answered with help but without a solution.
> Graham
> 
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