I am using Ubuntu and when I click on a program to download Firefox asks me "What should firefox do with this file?" And in the "Open with" I would like to find a program "Package installer". The problem is - I don't know where to look for. Where is the program stored (I installed it using Ubuntu Software Center)
Where is Ubuntu storing installed programs?
Asked Answered
Not programming related - should go to superuser.com. –
Snakeroot
Actually, it should go to askubuntu.com. –
Sippet
If you installed the package with the Ubuntu package manager (apt, synaptic, dpkg or similar), you can get information about the installed package with
dpkg -L <package_name>
Is it possible to do a search if I don't know exact name of the program. i'm asking because the name of the program is "Package installer", therefore I tried with "package_installer", "package-installer", "package", and I can't find it –
Fibrinolysis
dpkg -l lists all installed packages. You can use something like dpkg -l | grep package and than use dpkg -L <name>. Nevertheless it is strange to add packages the way you are doing it. Typically this is done with the help of tools which are mostly always installed when using Ubuntu like apt-get or synaptic. –
Corrincorrina @Fibrinolysis If you write
dpkg -L p and press tab, it will show you the name of packages that starts with p installed on your system. –
Bracken They are usually stored in the following folders:
/bin/
/usr/bin/
/sbin/
/usr/sbin/
If you're not sure, use the which command:
~$ which firefox
/usr/bin/firefox
Thanks @Paul Oliver. Simple answer but great help –
Debbydebee
@itsols no it's not. Try which sublime-text ... you get NOTHING –
Gallic
@Gallic You should try which subl it give you the folder. –
Hydra
itsols but how can I know I should look for "subl" in first place? It's nonsense. –
Gallic
If you installed the package with the Ubuntu package manager (apt, synaptic, dpkg or similar), you can get information about the installed package with
dpkg -L <package_name>
Is it possible to do a search if I don't know exact name of the program. i'm asking because the name of the program is "Package installer", therefore I tried with "package_installer", "package-installer", "package", and I can't find it –
Fibrinolysis
dpkg -l lists all installed packages. You can use something like dpkg -l | grep package and than use dpkg -L <name>. Nevertheless it is strange to add packages the way you are doing it. Typically this is done with the help of tools which are mostly always installed when using Ubuntu like apt-get or synaptic. –
Corrincorrina @Fibrinolysis If you write
dpkg -L p and press tab, it will show you the name of packages that starts with p installed on your system. –
Bracken Simply, type the command:
~$ whereis "program name"
What is program name? The name that appears in the launcher? –
Guillot
for some applications, for example google chrome, they store it under /opt. you can follow the above instruction using dpkg -l to get the correct naming then dpkg -L to get the detail.
hope it helps
Just for an addition reference to the above answers. I can not use dpkg -L to find the correct path for cuda.
See the results I got from dpkg -L
$ dpkg -L cuda
/.
/usr
/usr/share
/usr/share/doc
/usr/share/doc/cuda
/usr/share/doc/cuda/copyright
/usr/share/doc/cuda/changelog.Debian.gz
the correct path is /usr/local/cuda
$ ll /usr/local | grep cuda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Oct 20 18:45 cuda -> cuda-9.0/
drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 Oct 20 18:44 cuda-9.0/
Btw, I did install cuda by the command of
dpkg -i xx_cuda_xxx.deb
to find the program you want you can run this command at terminal:
find / usr-name "your_program"
If you are looking for the folder such as brushes, curves, etc. you can try:
/home/<username>/.gimp-2.8
This folder will contain all the gimp folders.
Good Luck.
If you are using google-chrome it might be inside your chrome extension, you can just remove the extension and use the downloaded & updated version (ubuntu 20.04)
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