Ubuntu should move all binaries to /usr/bin/

J Fernyhough j.fernyhough at gmail.com
Tue Nov 1 19:52:33 UTC 2011


On 1 November 2011 19:01, nick rundy <nrundy at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I came to ubuntu from Windows. And one thing Windows does well is make it
> easy to find an executable file (i.e., it's in C:\Program Files\). Finding
> an executable file in Ubuntu is frustrating & lacks organization that makes
> sense to users. Fedora is considering a fix for this issue. I think Ubuntu
> should do the same.
>
> Here's a link to an article that talks about Fedora's idea:
> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-considers-moving-all-binaries-to-usr-bin-1369642.html?view=print
>

Why do you want to "find" an executable? If you want to run it, just
type it. If you want to know where it is (for whatever reason, not
sure why if it's on the $PATH) then type $ which $command, e.g. $
which bash -> /usr/bin/bash

Jonathon




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