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Where are programs installed in Ubuntu NE Unity?

Asked by Amanda M

 I cannot find them in the files and folder browser even when I do a simple search for a particular program. I've tried looking this up online and heard about looking in usr/bin or sbin folders, I forget exactly, but I looked into every folder named those and don't see my installed programs.

Thanks
-Newb

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you run:
echo $PATH

They are installed to one of those. If you stick to the application menus, where they are installed is moot.

Why do you need to know?

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#2

programs are installed in /opt
but don't go touching them or you'll mess up the system

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Sam_ (and-sam) said : 		#3

> simple search for a particular program

If you know the name, e.g. via CLI:
which gedit

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxFilesystemTreeOverview

Not only useful for bug reports.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage

.desktop files are in ~/.local/share/applications or /usr/share/applications

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Amanda M (darkboywonder9) said : 		#4

For instance: My archive manager does not seem to be unrarring, so I want to choose another program to open the file I want unrared. I don't know where to find the program I want to use when doing this.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Then run:
sudo apt-get install rar unrar p7zip-full p7zip-rar

and it will. I still fail to see why you need to know where applications are installed. Linux is not that rigid and apps can be stored anywhere, they just need binary refs in $PATH

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Amanda M (darkboywonder9) said : 		#6

Thanks. I grew up on Windows so it's just a little hard for me to understand the concepts of a completely new os.
 So far Ubuntu is proving to be pretty newb friendly, but there are still a lot of things I need to learn.