how to install software?

[ejt]

1. I have SUSE 7.0.
2. I use YAST to install packets.
3. I can install anything I want, but some of it I cannot find where it installed, and if I find it (with locate) then I cannot get it to run, here is a rundown:

How can I get everything to install, then find it, and execute it?

Installed emiclock, ran ok in run command on desktop.
Installed arena browser. ran ok as run command on desktop.
Installed 3dpong, seemed to work, but couldn't start.
Installed xancur (mouse thing), but it said "file not found".
Installed xboing (game) but file not found, locate found only help files:
/root# locate xboing
/opt/kde/share/icons/mini/mini.xboing.xpm
/usr/share/doc/susehilf/pak/paket_inhalt_xboing.html
/usr/share/doc/susehilf/pak/paket_xboing.html
/usr/share/doc/susehilf/raw_whatis/xboing
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/pixmaps/mini.xboing.xpm
/usr/X11R6/include/X11/pixmaps/xboingbig.xpm
Installed self_html but could not find the index.html file to start it, there were files scattered around with the selfhtml name, but why isn't it installed in one place? Odd.

Installed flightgr, but got this:
/root# locate flightgr
/usr/share/doc/susehilf/pak/paket_flightgr.html
/usr/share/doc/susehilf/pak/paket_inhalt_flightgr.html
/usr/share/doc/susehilf/raw_pacs/english/flightgr
/usr/share/doc/susehilf/raw_pacs/french/flightgr
/usr/share/doc/susehilf/raw_pacs/german/flightgr
/usr/share/doc/susehilf/raw_pacs/spanish/flightgr

[bdg1983]

Locate uses a database to search for files. If you install a package, then the db will be out of date. Run 'updatedb'.

Not all executables are named exactly as the name of the original rpm. ie. The executable of WordPerfect is 'wp' or similar.

If the executable is not in your $PATH, then you will need to preceed the command with ./ as in ./wp