[Nottingham] Where does the Gimp live?

Martin martin at ml1.co.uk
Thu Jun 17 19:36:50 BST 2004


David Aldred wrote:
> 
> I've installed The GIMP v2 on my Mandrake system, and now I'm trying to 
> install the help files.
> 
> The installation routine for the help files complains that it doesn't know 
> where the main GIMP-2.0 installation directory is.  Problem is, nor do I!
> 
> How do I find out - other than searching the entire structure for a suitable 
> file?


As root, try:

updatedb
locate gimp

or

whereis gimp

or read the docs!


If you're installing from a tar file, then have a look at "checkinstall" 
to let you make an rpm install/uninstall package.

Good luck,
Martin

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