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I wish to have the command locate in ubuntu 12.04 (which is used for finding files. I believe there is such a command but I cannot see it in ubuntu 12.04 Is it part of any package?

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Try using this command: sudo apt-get install locate. – Evandro Silva Nov 10 '12 at 20:24
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For the future: if you're looking for a program and don't know the package, install apt-file: sudo apt-get install apt-file and search for the program using apt-file: apt-file search /usr/bin/locate. – hnasarat Nov 10 '12 at 20:57

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sudo apt-get install mlocate should install the 'locate' command. But you'll have to sudo updatedb every so often.

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I believe that the mlocate package installs a mlocate job in /etc/cron.daily which runs updatedb daily. – mfisch Nov 11 '12 at 2:20

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