On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 04:04:45AM -0700, Mark Berkwitt wrote:
> [root@cx47716-b /root]# updatedb &
> [1] 792
> [root@cx47716-b /root]# locate WordPerfect
> /usr/share/apps/kappfinder/WordProcessing/WordPerfect.kdelnk
> /usr/share/apps/kappfinder/apps/Applications/WordPerfect.kdelnk
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/WordPerfect.tar.gz
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/Readme
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/Runme
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/b_req00.bk
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/b_req01.bk
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/b_us00.bk
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/g_req00.bk
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/g_req02.bk
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/g_req03.bk
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/g_us00.bk
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/g_us01.bk
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/.wpdata
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/b_ins00.bk
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/b_ins01.bk
> /Downloads/WordPerfect8/g_req01.bk
> /Program Files/WordPerfect8
> [1]+  Done
> 
> But tell me, what does this mean?  It looks like it simply did a search

Looks like it isn't actually installed, because there's nothing in the
WordPerfect8 directory you created.

> on the keyword 'WordPerfect'.  Where does this info come from?  What db
> is referred to using the 'updatedb' command?  And lastly, how can I use

Use locate locatedb to find it.  :-)  On my system it's in /var/lib/locate.

> this info to 'fix' my non-functioning installation of WordPerfect?

Well I think you need to try installing again, and this time use
a sane directory name with no spaces in it, like /opt/wp.
/usr/local is the conventional place to put stuff that didn't come 
with the Linux distribution, but was installed "locally" afterwards.
But /opt is intended for "packages", and KDE was following this 
convention last I knew, so maybe /opt/wp makes the most sense 
on your system.  Check out the FHS 2.1 or 2.0 documents at 
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ to understand better why the 
conventions are used the way they are.
> 
> I just went to those two files at the top 'WordPerfect.kdelnk' and
> clicked once on each but got a pop-up message that said "Could not
> execute program xwp".  If I could I'd
> try an uninstall and then try to reinstall.  Do you know how to
> uninstall a non-rpm application?
> Just did a search for a file 'xwp' and found nothing.

It's not installed, so no need to bother.

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