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Finding where Apps are stored

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If I use my Software Manager to download an app, where would I find it in file system? I have Natron and I have downloaded some add-ons, and I need to put it in the Natron folder, which I have no idea where to find this folder.
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when I download an app, I put it in /Downloads/XYZapp

so that I can find it again quickly if I delete, and decide later I want to reinstall it.
or, if I am making up a new PC for someone, I know where to get everything in a hurry off my extUSB backup drive which is a copy of /user/Downloads, actually, it is a clone of everything in /home

once it is installed, it goes wherever it should be, and I don't worry about that.
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I think most apps are in the /bin or /usr/bin directories.
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Palladini wrote: ⤴Fri Apr 19, 2019 4:23 pm If I use my Software Manager to download an app, where would I find it in file system? I have Natron and I have downloaded some add-ons, and I need to put it in the Natron folder, which I have no idea where to find this folder.
If you've started it, it'll probably create a directory under your $HOME, so after you run it once, try these commands in a terminal:

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find $HOME -iname "*atro*"
"system" files ...

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sudo find / -iname "*atro*"
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Another useful command is whereis, e.g.

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andy@T432 ~ $ whereis gparted
gparted: /usr/sbin/gparted /usr/share/man/man8/gparted.8.gz
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https://github.com/NatronGitHub/natron- ... stallation
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