How Do I Search for Applications in Ubuntu?

How do I find a program in Ubuntu terminal?

1) Open your Terminal via the keyboard combination Ctrl + Alt + T. Now we are going to use the command “sudo apt-cache search [application name or type]” to find the name of a specific application that we want to install. The apt-cache command is available to show the information stored in the repositories.

How do I find applications on Linux?

3 Answers. In that file you should find “section=”. The string after that text should indicate where in the menu system you would find the link to the application. Running which [application name] should give you what you’re looking for.