What directory are applications installed into? [duplicate]

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Where are my installed applications?

Just a Quick question

As i'm a newbie in Linux , im just curious that when you install any application through terminal or Software Center then in which folder the application is installed as we know that in window it is installed in Programs Folder but what about Ubuntu or any other distro ?

Answer 1

There are some very good answers to a similar question to yours over at

What is the equivalent to the Windows "Program Files" folder?

But the general idea is that the /bin and /usr/bin are where the start up application files (executables or scripts) are stored. The direct equivalent of "Program Files" though is probably /usr/share this is the directory that contains the various support files for most applications

For a good overview of the Ubuntu file structure check out the link below.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxFilesystemTreeOverview

Answer 2

You can discover where a package puts its 'stuff' by running:

dpkg -L 'packagename'

There's still a set of 'standard' locations that programs are put into. For example, binaries (in windows parlance 'executables') are put in /usr/bin, and documentation is put in /usr/share/doc in a Ubuntu system.

This is a pretty simplistic answer. For more details about how linux/unix directories are typically structured, see this:

http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html

Answer 3

There is no "Program Files" Directory in Linux. The Application's Parts are distributed according to what they are. There are a lot of explanations of the Directory Structure out there, you can use this one for a start.