[SOLVED] Can not find where a programs is located to after installing
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The only lastpass available in my Debian testing repositories is "lastpass-cli". The "cli" stands for command line interface, so to use it you need to open a terminal and input man lastpass to view the manual and figure out how to use it via command line.
The executable file will likely be found in /usr/bin and other /bin type locations.
EDIT: The package(s) downloaded for the installation on a Debian based system will be in /var/cache/apt/archives. Using an graphical archive utility, you can look into or extract files from the packages. All files including the executable will be in the data.tar.xz in a directory tree matching the root directory tree of the OS. For instance, in the install package, the executable may be found in a folder called "bin" which is in a folder called "usr", that is where it will be installed in the system.
The only lastpass available in my Debian testing repositories is "lastpass-cli". The "cli" stands for command line interface, so to use it you need to open a terminal and input man lastpass to view the manual and figure out how to use it via command line.
The executable file will likely be found in /usr/bin and other /bin type locations.
It's not available in the Mint repos though.
OP, where did you download that program from (which web page and which variety/option did you choose)? Was it one of the downloads from here? https://lastpass.com/misc_download2.php
I downloaded the Linux ver for LastPass. Got it installed but cannot find where it installed to. How do I find it?
The "how" of its installation may determine where the program was installed to. You *COULD* do "locate lastpass" or (as root), run "find / -iname lastpass*", and it will search your whole drive (and will take a minute or two). Have you clicked the launcher, perhaps, and just tried typing in "lastpass", to see if something pops up?
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Originally Posted by ardvark71
In addition to Brains suggestion, does this page help? 
Re-read the OP's original question. They didn't ask where the data files were, but where the program itself was installed.
Where the bin should strip out the various /bin/ /sbin/ /usr/bin/ /usr/sbin/ or false positives that have bin in other spots of their name.
If installed from sources, it probably defaulted to /usr/local/bin/ if you didn't override it with "--prefix=/usr" on the configure part. Which may not be in your $PATH and not find-able without a fullpath (and permissions). The package stow can help manage these types of sources if it's something you do often.
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