yap (yet another prolog ) ubuntu package

[Tom H]

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Todd Edwards
<tedwards at mcclatchyinteractive.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 10:48 -0700, Tom H wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Todd Edwards
>> <tedwards at mcclatchyinteractive.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 10:06 -0700, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I installed (using synaptic) the package
>> >> yap 5.1.3-4     The YAP-yet another prolog system.
>> >>
>> >> Writing at the command line I get
>> >>
>> >> kjetil at kjetil-laptop:~$ yap
>> >> % Restoring file /usr/lib/Yap/startup
>> >> YAP version Yap-5.1.3
>> >>
>> >> but the command
>> >> find /usr/bin yap
>> >> returns
>> >> find: `yap': No such file or directory
>> >>
>> >> although synaptic   --- propoerties --- installed files
>> >> have /usr/bin/yap
>> >
>> > You should not be putting a space in the field. Just put /usr/bin/yap
>> > and it should find it.
>>
>> Of course that he needs a space.
>>
>> find /usr/bin -name yap [-print]
>
> I apologize, I didn't read thoroughly enough. I didn't realize that he
> was trying to do a 'find'. I guess I shouldn't respond to e-mails while
> distracted. Thanks!

You're welcome and no probs! It was a weird invocation; "ls -l yap*"
or "ls -l yap" would have done just as well since the OP knew in which
directory yap was.