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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, sindi keesan wrote:

> Steven suggested typing 'd' while in the directory where the package
> resides and then arrowing to the package name and hitting Enter, to see
> the contents of the package.  This won't tell you where files went if the
> installation script moved them, but should help in most cases.
>
> Is there an installpkg for Slackware 4.0?

Not sure about installpkg, but that could solve uninstall problems. When I 
run the command "pkg pkgname.tgz" I get screen output that shows where 
things are being unpacked to. Maybe just running "pkg pkgname.tgz 
> /tmp/installed-pkgs/pkgname.txt" would do the job I'm thinking of? If
pkgname could be read from the first part of the command issued (maybe 
minus the tgz extension), then this could be aliased to the pkg command. I 
guess it's apparent how feeble my bash scripting skills are? :)


James