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taraj

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How to know which application is installed and which is not
« on: August 22, 2004, 01:40:42 PM »
Hi..

I wanna know that which application is installed and which is not !!

In redhat i do rpm -q <applicaiton name>

but what if it is not rpm ?

Plz reply !!
Bye..

Offline anil_garg5

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How to know which application is installed and which is not
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2004, 01:37:38 PM »
if application is not in rpm format, then it may be in the tar format.

generally, all appl. installed in the /opt partition.  we hv to check there in appl.  bin directory.

or find the execetable file name .
or use locate for the same.