I am running Linux Mint 17, Quana, Cinnamon.
i just recently solved a problem involving the program Kolourpaint in the Linux Mint Forum. I couldn't get the file to open. I would type in terminal the file name Kolourpaint and get a string to the error, example
The problem was solved by reinstalling Libattica0.4. But now when I type kolourpaint in the terminal, the system opens the file, which is fine, but what I want to know is what command or option I would have to add to the file name to get the system to show in terminal the path or string, to open the file???

so you mean you execute:
kolourpaint <filename>
or something like this, and would like to know the path to <filename> ?
probably readlink -f <filename> would help you.

readlink -f shows the location of the <filename>
What I am looking for is the path the <filename> goes through to launch.

it "goes" nowhere.
it stays where it is, and kolourpaint loads it into memory, most likely.

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What is the difference between path and location? Can you give an example what you want to see?

There is no “path” a file “goes through” when it is launched.

EDIT: Perhaps you want this: https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...loads-when-run.

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