Installation of F-prot

[Erik Ohls]

fredagen den 14 oktober 2005 17:01 skrev C. Beamer:
> kde-request at mail.kde.org wrote:
> >On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:39:33 +0300, Erik Ohls <eohls at welho.com> wrote:
> >
> >torsdagen den 13 oktober 2005 14:35 skrev C. Beamer:
> >>>On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:45:22 +0100, Jack Eyton-Jones
> >>><jack.eytonjones at btopenworld.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>Dear Sir,
> >>>I have downloaded the rpm file fp-linux-ws.rpm and clicked on the
> >>> software Installation and it installed OK. Trouble is where do I find
> >>> the program file to run the Antivirus scan? I tried typing f-prot in
> >>> the Run command but noth ing happened. I may add that I am an absolute
> >>> beginner  to Linux and I find executing the proper commands very
> >>> complicated.
> >>>I would appreciate your help.
> >>
> >>I'm not sure what distro you are using except that it's rpm-based.  I no
> >>longer use an rpm-based distro.  However, on my system (Gentoo) and I'm
> >>pretty sure it was the same in Fedora Core when I used that, f-prot was
> >>installed in /opt.
> >
> >The original FRISK rpms install everything exept the man-pages
> >in /usr/local/f-prot. They also create a link in /usr/local/bin to the
> >executable script f-prot.sh which starts the binary f-prot -- which means
> >that if /usr/local/bin is in the path the user doesn't have to bother
> > about making symlinks.
>
> My point here was that he had to make sure the executable was in the
> path because he said he couldn't run it by just typing the name of the
> program.  And *i* *DID* have to make a symlink to the executable on my
> system, both on Gentoo, which I currently use and on Fedora Core, which
> I used to use.  It is easier than editing the path, IMO.
>
It most certainly is, and my intention wasn't to criticize you for your 
excellent advice. I just thought that "Bonzo" might need som extra 
information: to wit, how the rpms made by the authors of the program works -- 
after all neither of us knows where he found his rpm.

Also please note that the fact that "nothing happened" when he ran the program 
in a minicli ("in the Run command") indicates that the system *did* find it: 
if it hadn't been in the path he would have got a error message. F-prot 
should of course be run in a terminal window (whether started from a minicli 
or not) but even then you have to specify what directory to scan or you won't 
get any output from the scanner. You will just get the prompt back within a 
second or two -- if bash (or whatever you use) can find the program. If it 
can't it will tell you "command not found".

Erik
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