I'm new to Ubuntu and would like to know where I can find the location of program files for programs installed from the Ubuntu Software Center or the Terminal.
I'm new to Ubuntu and would like to know where I can find the location of program files for programs installed from the Ubuntu Software Center or the Terminal.
on the command line, you can use dpkg --listfiles packagename
. For instance, dpkg --listfiles firefox
. If you want to see what files a package contains without installing it, then you can install apt-file and use that.
But you really shouldn't mess with it. There is usually no reason to manually interfere with the contents of a package. All configuration files for normal applications are placed in the users home directory. You don't have savegames in C:ProgramfilesAppnamesavegames
, for instance. They would be placed in /home/username/.local/share/appname/savegames
. That way, if you move your home directory to another machine, it keeps all configurations and user data.