Downloaded application

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I've tried a number of time to download a specific application which I now cannot see in the dashboard.

I've done a 'whereis' on the file name to give the the following response:

/usr/bin/'file_name' /opt/'file_name'/bin/'file_name'

(where obviously 'file_name is the corresponding app'). May sound like such an elementary question but how do I extract from the directory. As stupid as it sounds I can't even get to it to extract and paste in downloads to continue the setup.

Thanks in advance

if you find it in /usr/bin then apparently you installed it. Try launching it by just typing 'file_name' in a terminal, where 'file_name' is the name of the un-nameable application... — Zanna, Jul 27 '16 at 12:30
@Zanna Absent any clarification from the OP your comment IMHO is the answer. Please write it up as such — Elder Geek, Jul 28 '16 at 03:01
done @ElderGeek but maybe not needed as the post will be closed with one more vote — Zanna, Jul 28 '16 at 07:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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In the absence of clarification, at the request of Elder Geek...

I've done a whereis on the file name to give the the following response:

/usr/bin/'file_name' /opt/'file_name'/bin/'file_name'

It sounds like you already installed it, and you should be able to launch it by typing

'file_name'

(replacing your unwieldy appellation 'file_name' with the actual name of the application). To see which of those three files is being launched, you can do

which 'file_name'

If nothing happens, and you get no output from which it's possible that you put those files there yourself as root, and they are being found by whereis even though they are not executable files.

If this is the case, and you want to move any of these files to your Downloads directory to do something with them, use the mv command, for example:

sudo mv /usr/bin/'file_name' ~/Downloads

If the application does launch when you type 'file_name' and it just doesn't have a launcher, then take a look at this question

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:23

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answered Jul 28 '16 at 07:07

Zanna

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Apologies for the lack of reply or clarification, I’d not been able to reply until now.
I appreciate this has now been closed but for the sake of clarification (adding a little variety)…I had indeed been able to move the file name using the ‘sudo mv’ command and launched from there, as stated.
I shall in future use the application name, I’d not appreciated the extent to which this might obfuscate my question, but again for clarity it was ‘Tor Browser’. Thank you to those that replied and apologies for any lack in clarification and the ‘unwieldy appellation’. – rotts Aug 08 '16 at 12:55
haha no worries, that was my attempt at humour... the quotes make it unwieldy because quote marks have special meaning to the shell... did my answer help (you could 'accept' it if you want to) or did you just figure it out? – Zanna Aug 08 '16 at 12:59
Sort of muddled through that one through nothing else other than not being able to access the very help I requested (simple logistical issue on my part) but the information, as ever, is much appreciated and certainly comes in handy. – rotts Aug 08 '16 at 14:09

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