updating whereis results

[z662]

Hello, I recently just installed openoffice.org via a precompiled package on line. I installed it by dumping the scripts into /usr/local/bin and it works fine when running it from the command line. My question is how to get it to be added to the whereis results, if possible. I tried to find on line how the whereis program works and what files/databases it uses but I was unable to find anything regarding it. Obviously I know where the program resides, I am asking this question just to get a better understanding of the FreeBSD internals and how the system works. Thanks a lot!

 

[Gkarfield]

try "find", its somewhere in /usr/local i suppose.

 

[Gkarfield]

sorry i diid not read carefully what you wrote, but i think that you did not also read the man page of 'whereis" [i just took a fast look now]

 

[tangram]

man whereis

 

[SeanC]

When whereis(1) can't find what you are looking for, it passes the job to locate(1). But, locate(1) is updated by a weekly script and may not show up yet.

 

[SirDice]

Hello, I recently just installed openoffice.org via a precompiled package on line. I installed it by dumping the scripts into /usr/local/bin {...}

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Chapter 4 Installing Applications: Packages and Ports

editors/openoffice.org-3

I tried to find on line how the whereis program works and what files/databases it uses but I was unable to find anything regarding it.

See whereis(1).

 

[edhunter]

$ /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb

this should update locate database

 

[phoenix]

Alternatively, you can run the periodic(8) script that gets run every week, so that it updates things in the same manner: /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate That just runs locate.updatedb in the background.

 

[fronclynne]

At least in the context of multiuser systems

Alternatively, you can run the periodic(8) script that gets run every week, so that it updates things in the same manner: /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate That just runs locate.updatedb in the background.

It also builds the database as "nobody", which might be slightly more secure than just running locate.updatedb as root.

 

[z662]

Ok thanks for all of your input. Now I have another question, whereis will only return the location if i specify the entire name of the program (including version number) e.g whereis openoffice.org-3.0.0 Is there any way that I can make whereis return the location by just simply typing whereis openoffice.org. I only care about this in case in the future I update it or have a similar issue with another package

 

[fronclynne]

[cmd=>]find /usr/local/ -type f -perm +o+x -iname "*openoffice*"[/cmd]

 

[phoenix]

Use locate. It queries the same database as whereis, but it does a wildcard search (locate <query> will return all paths with <query> in them). Then pipe it through grep to narrow it down. locate openoffice | grep bin