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Many times I get this dialog when opening some files. It asks me to choose a program. I don't know where all programs reside and what to select? Where to find installed applications in Ubuntu?

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You need to choose the appropriate program to open that file. Most of the programs on Ubuntu are installed in /usr/bin/ directory. So, once you click "Choose" and the window pops up for you to navigate to the program, navigate through /usr/bin/ and find the appropriate program. For example, if you have clicked on a torrent/magnet link, you would select transmission-gtk. To open an application installed in a custom directory, you need to navigate through that directory and select the program.

If you can't find the application in /usr/bin/; then the other appropriate directories to look out for are /bin/, /usr/share/, /usr/local/, /opt/. See the following question for further details:

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  • I think you are better off using the terminal which app_name it is faster then navigating through all the various system directories in the GUI. YMMV. – Panther Apr 02 '14 at 15:44