Where do my programs get installed?

Posted by Micah on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Micah
Published on 2011-02-24T14:33:28Z Indexed on 2011/02/24 15:33 UTC
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Coming from windows I'm used to having everything installed in c:\program files\company\product. On Ubuntu I'm totally stumped. It seems like everything I install winds up somewhere different. Somethings are in /bin some in /home/myuser and others in /etc or /usr. I can't seem to figure this out.

In particular I'm trying to find where they're located so I can either setup shortcuts on the task bar or associate them with other programs (like my greasemonkey editor) but I'm not having any luck.

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