Locating a installation

Question

Hello I would like to find a file called lyxpipe (which is used by the program lyx). However, I don't have a idea where the program is installed.

I typed

locate lyx
lyx: /usr/bin/lyx2.0 /usr/bin/X11/lyx2.0 /usr/share/lyx2.0

However, when I try to navigate to the folders I can type

pwd
home/Theodor

where Theodor is my username.

But there is no other folder bin in this directory. Can somebody tell me how to access these paths?

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Rinzwind · Answer 1 · 2014-04-20T11:30:17.220

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The location of the pipe is set in "Edit→Preferences→Inputs→Paths". Most likely the default is:

~/.lyx/lyxpipe

(so that is your home dir and then hidden directory .lyx; if you do ls -a|more in you home dir it will show all hidden files including .lyx).

LyX adds the '.in' and '.out' suffixes while creating the pipes so the names are going to be lyxpipe.in and lyxpipe.out.

Regarding lyx itself.

 which lyx

will show you the place of the executable and it will show:

/usr/bin/lyx2.0

That is not a directory in your home but in the /usr/ directory. This directory is in your PATH so you can execute it from anywhere on your system by typing "lyx2.0".

edited Apr 20 '14 at 11:30

answered Apr 20 '14 at 11:25

Rinzwind

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hey...i try to link jabref and lyx and I entered the lyx server path to home/Theodor/.lyx/lyxpipe (which is the path that is in jabref as well) but still if i try to push the refs it doesnt work – user3069326 Apr 20 '14 at 11:30
That should be correct... – Rinzwind Apr 20 '14 at 11:32
yes i know but i really dont have a idea which thing prevents it from working...if i check the directory i dont file find a file lyxpipe .... – user3069326 Apr 20 '14 at 11:37
check permissions of the files. Only thing I can imagine being wrong. – Rinzwind Apr 20 '14 at 11:40
how would you ange the permission? – user3069326 Apr 20 '14 at 17:37
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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 20 '14 at 11:25

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To change directory to /usr/bin/

cd /usr/bin

To execute binary file /usr/bin/lyx2.0

/usr/bin/lyx2.0

answered Apr 20 '14 at 11:25

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if i tyope cd /usr/bin this works but if i type cd /usr/bin/.lyx it says there is no file or directory – user3069326 Apr 20 '14 at 11:39
why dont you do locate .lyx after doing a sudo updatedb – Back.Slash Apr 20 '14 at 11:42

Locating a installation

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