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Where is VLC media player installed?

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What is the equivalent to the Windows “Program Files” folder?

I have VLC media player as a .deb file which I installed successfully.
However I do not know where the installation file is located. On windows all files are placed in Program Files, so I am a bit confused. My main question is: can I change the file location or can I know the location where the file has been installed?

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answered 1 Year ago exceeeelh · Accepted Answer

From a terminal window, type whereis vlc and it will tell you where it's installed.

On my machine, I get this:

vlc: /usr/bin/vlc /etc/vlc /usr/lib/vlc /usr/bin/X11/vlc /usr/share/vlc /usr/share/man/man1/vlc.1.gz

Most programs are stored in /usr/bin and I'm sure there's a way to move them but I've never had a reason to.