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i am new to ubuntu and downloaded the latest 12.04,however I installed programs such as chrome, adobe etc after restarting I can't find none of those and home screen of ubuntu looks like untouched please help.so do i have to download them again ? .Thanks!

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open your terminal and type as this dpkg -s <your_app_name > and look at the status field . – Jai Jul 22 '12 at 3:54
well it shows following msg ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ dpkg -s chrome Package `chrome' is not installed and no info is available. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. Is there any way shoul I save these before shutting down.? Thnkx – ravishingrude22 Jul 22 '12 at 4:25
ok previously how you installed them ? – Jai Jul 22 '12 at 4:42
I installed chrome from internet and it was running fine in the last session of ubuntu – ravishingrude22 Jul 22 '12 at 6:07
Are you by any chance running directly from the liveCD, and did not install Ubuntu to your disk? It sounds exactly like that. When running from CD/DVD, all changes you do (including additional software installed) are lost as soon as you shut down. – Izzy Jul 22 '12 at 9:51

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try to press the "windows key" and search for chrome.

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Open the dash (super key or click top of launcher), and start typing the name of one of the programs. It should search and find it for you.

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Thanks but it works fine on current session as soon as i restart my system ..everything seems to be disappeared as if they were never downloaded and I can't find them in the dash even... – ravishingrude22 Jul 22 '12 at 4:15
Odd. Does Ubuntu Software Center still show them as installed? – Jazz Jul 22 '12 at 4:18
Another thought, you aren't running off the live cd are you? – Jazz Jul 22 '12 at 4:19
No, Software Center does'nt show them either...Also I m running ubuntu 12.04 from a USB stick.. – ravishingrude22 Jul 22 '12 at 4:22
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If the USB isn't made with persistence mode it won't store your installed files. Whatever you are experiencing that is expected. – Web-E Jul 22 '12 at 4:55
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