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I am a beginner Ubuntu person. How is it possible when you do an apt-get install [program] that you know what the actual install directory is? After I install a program, I literally have no idea how to nagivate within the terminal to the install directory in order to execute the program & it's very much frustrating me.

john smith
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If it a graphical program, it will be in your menu. If it is a command line application just type the command in your terminal.

To find the location, type

which <command>

Linux organized the file system different then Windows, so packages put files in a range of locations.

See

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Panther
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You do not have to enter the install directory to run the program, you just have to enter the command itself.

For example the command ls is located in /bin/ls. However you can run the command just by entering ls in the terminal. If you want to run a GUI application, you can search for the program name from the dash.

Rumesh
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