How Do I Find Where a Program Is Installed Ubuntu?

How do I find the location of a program in Ubuntu?

Program files and folders location

1. application.desktop in /usr/share/applications – see this as a shortcut to the actual program.
2. application runtime in /usr/bin/ – this is the actual program.
3. application-data in /usr/share/application – this is where the data files are stored (like user interfaces etc.)

How do I find where a program is installed Linux?

to find the path where the binary is linked to. Of course you need to have root privileges. The softwares are usually installed in bin folders, in /usr/bin, /home/user/bin and many other places, a nice starting point could be the find command to find the executable name, but it’s usually not a single folder.