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I've tried a number of time to download a specific application which I now cannot see in the dashboard.

I've done a 'whereis' on the file name to give the the following response:

/usr/bin/'file_name' /opt/'file_name'/bin/'file_name'

(where obviously 'file_name is the corresponding app'). May sound like such an elementary question but how do I extract from the directory. As stupid as it sounds I can't even get to it to extract and paste in downloads to continue the setup.

Thanks in advance

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In the absence of clarification, at the request of Elder Geek...

I've done a whereis on the file name to give the the following response:

/usr/bin/'file_name' /opt/'file_name'/bin/'file_name'

It sounds like you already installed it, and you should be able to launch it by typing

'file_name'

(replacing your unwieldy appellation 'file_name' with the actual name of the application). To see which of those three files is being launched, you can do

which 'file_name'

If nothing happens, and you get no output from which it's possible that you put those files there yourself as root, and they are being found by whereis even though they are not executable files.

If this is the case, and you want to move any of these files to your Downloads directory to do something with them, use the mv command, for example:

sudo mv /usr/bin/'file_name' ~/Downloads

If the application does launch when you type 'file_name' and it just doesn't have a launcher, then take a look at this question

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