On Tue, 2005-09-27 at 23:56 +0530, Amachu wrote:
say we r installing a software xxxxx.rpm ...
where will it go and instal?
To find out where the files will be installed,
$ rpm -qpl xxxxx.rpm
For an installed package,
$ rpm -ql xxxxx
You can change the installation location using the --prefix and --relocate options. For more details 'man rpm'
Vijay
Vijay