can't find standard libraries after RedHat 7.0 install. Help?

[Steve]

Ari Davidow wrote:
> 
> Well, this is pretty silly. I've got the RedHat CDs. In this case, 7.0.
> It has the version of python (1.5.2) that I want. There were four RPMs.
> I tried to install each, and got an "already installed" message for
> each. But I'll be damned if I can find anything on this box other than
> the single python binary--no docs, no modules, nothing. I've done
> 
>  find / -file "py.*" -print

  Why not 'locate python' ? 

>  I've searched for directories that are there for normal distributions,
>  like "Tools" or "Lib". I don't know if this is an example of rpm being
>  weirder than I thought, or my mishandling of "find."
> 
>  I've also tried installing with the --allfiles option set, but that
>  still takes me back to the "module already installed message."

'rpm -qa | grep python' will show which python rpms are 
installed.  'rpm -qi <package name>' will give you some 
interesting info about it, and 'rpm -ql <package name>'
will provide you with a list of all the files it provides.
(thus showing you in which directories they're located)


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