On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 08:33:25PM +0200, Phet Whore Meyer wrote: > To whom it may concern, > > Ive recently left the dark and moved into linux, i just have this one query > for now: > In windows all programs were installed into a folder called 'Program > Files', in linux, where is that equivelant folder? What is it called? > > I know that this question is fairly trivial, is there anywhere else i can > go to find out basic information such as this? > > I greatly appreciate the help. There is a Windows-to-Linux HOWTO in the TLDP archives (google for The Linux Documentation Project) that gives a lot of guidelines for those migrating the way you are. The basic executeables are in /bin; userland executeables are in /usr/bin; system executables are in /sbin and /usr/sbin; personal programs are in ~/bin (home directory is refered to often as ~) some programs end up in /usr/local/bin or /opt/bin. a very few are hidden in /lib and /usr/lib and some other places. you can generally find where a command resides by typing type commandname which will tell you where the command is. (Assumeing Bash shell) A list of the commands built into the shell can be gotten by typing "help" to the command prompt. Non-builtin commands documentation is available by typing "man commandname". See the TLDP pages for more giudeance. -- G.Wolfe Woodbury `- -' RHCT U The Line Eater is a boojum!
