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Groovy hepcat Bud Frede was jivin' in comp.os.linux.misc on Tue, 7 Sep
2021 09:36 pm. It's a cool scene! Dig it.

> Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> writes:
> 
>> Groovy hepcat David W. Hodgins was jivin' in comp.os.linux.misc on
>> Sat, 7 Aug 2021 10:31 am. It's a cool scene! Dig it.
>>
>>> On Fri, 06 Aug 2021 19:09:43 -0400, Jane <J@home.com> wrote:
>>
>>   This is to the OP. (Sorry, I don't see your post; only other
>>   people's
>> followups.)
>>
>>>> I'm not actually a beginner but I'm sure plenty who are have come
>>>> across this problem many times...and I cannot find an explanation
>>>> anywhere.
>>> 
>>> I don't use mint, so don't know which package manager it uses.
>>> 
>>>> After installing packages with software manager, some open up
>>>> immediately, others are accompanied by an icon but many just seem
>>>> to disappear. They are installed but there appears to be no way to
>>>> run them. I have tried terminal and package manager to no avail.
>>
>>   Software Manager is just a front end to the apt package management
>> system. You could use tools provided by apt and dpkg (a backend used
>> by apt) to find information on installed packages.
>>   If you know the actual package name (not the name/description in
>> Software Manager), you can use the dpkg-query command to find out
>> more about it, including what files are installed. You can then find
>> out the names of an installed program. Try this:
>>
>> sudo dpkg-query -L packagename
>>
>>   If you don't know the package name, you can try looking at
>>   history.*
>> files in /var/log/apt/ to see what was recently installed. Or, if you
>> have a general idea but don't know exactly, you could try the
>> apt-cache command to search for a package:
>>
>> sudo apt-cache search softwarename
>>
>>   Another option is to run synaptic and use it to search for the name
>>   of
>> the software you've installed. It has a tab that shows installed
>> files.
> 
> Ok, so I was ninja'd on this. :-) I'm not sure sudo is required for
> these though. In fact, I don't think I've ever needed sudo to run
> them.

  It seems you're right. I'm flabberghasted! My ghast has never been so
flabbered! (Frankie Howerd in Carry On Up the Jungle) This makes me
shudder. It should require root privileges to do things like this. I
could've sworn it (Debian, which I'm using, at least) used to. Why this
changed I cannot begin to fathom.

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Beginner's question. Jane <J@home.com> - 2021-08-07 09:09 +1000
  Re: Beginner's question. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2021-08-06 20:31 -0400
    Re: Beginner's question. Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-08-08 06:11 -0400
      Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-10 06:33 +0100
    Re: Beginner's question. Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2021-08-11 17:19 +1000
      Re: Beginner's question. Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-09-07 07:36 -0400
        Re: Beginner's question. Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2021-09-08 22:54 +1000
          Re: Beginner's question. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-09-08 23:54 +0200
          Re: Beginner's question. Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-09-12 05:24 -0400
  Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-07 09:38 +0100
  Re: Beginner's question. Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-08-08 17:01 +0000
    Re: Beginner's question. John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@personalprojects.net> - 2021-08-08 15:46 -0400
      Re: Beginner's question. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-08-08 22:42 +0200
      Re: Beginner's question. Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-08-09 17:16 +0000
    Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-10 06:33 +0100
    Re: Beginner's question. Jane <jane@home.com> - 2021-09-06 20:32 +1000
      Re: Beginner's question. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-09-06 12:46 +0200
        Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-06 12:33 +0100
      Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-06 12:31 +0100
      Re: Beginner's question. Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-09-07 07:34 -0400

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