Package Manager operation?

This sounds like a dumb question to me, and I’m the one asking it.
:wink: However…

What does the package manager do, exactly?

Example. As a test, I installed the Doom package. It downloaded and
uncompressed the package, ran the scripts, worked fine, says it’s
installed under ‘View my software’.

But where is it?

I can’t find it anywhere on the drive. The only files named ‘doom’ are
under /pkgs.

Ditto for the Photon games package. After installing, there is no
/usr/games directory. It appears from the FILES file that it should be
there, but nothing appears.

Is there some step I’m missing?


Regards
LB

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Leif Bloomquist P.Eng.
Research and Development Engineer
Automated Mining Systems Inc.
Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Phone: (905) 713-3700 x713
Fax: (905) 713-3708
leifb (at) robominer (dot) com
http://www.robominer.com

My opinions not my employer’s, eh.

Leif Bloomquist a écrit :

This sounds like a dumb question to me, and I’m the one asking it.
:wink: > However…

What does the package manager do, exactly?

Example. As a test, I installed the Doom package. It downloaded and
uncompressed the package, ran the scripts, worked fine, says it’s
installed under ‘View my software’.

But where is it?

I can’t find it anywhere on the drive. The only files named ‘doom’ are
under /pkgs.

Ditto for the Photon games package. After installing, there is no
/usr/games directory. It appears from the FILES file that it should be
there, but nothing appears.

Is there some step I’m missing?

Regards
LB


Leif Bloomquist P.Eng.
Research and Development Engineer
Automated Mining Systems Inc.
Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Phone: (905) 713-3700 x713
Fax: (905) 713-3708
leifb (at) robominer (dot) com
http://www.robominer.com

My opinions not my employer’s, eh.

You may have an explanation if you read ARTICLE: An Introduction to QNX.
Packages and Repositories in qdn.public.articles.

Alain.