how to find the installing path of some install application?

Question

1. I install (using the terminal setup command) Visual Studio Code. I can run it (by clicking on the icon on the 'all programs') but I can't find the installation path of it.

I want to run it using sudo and I need to navigate to the installation path to use the terminal and call sudo visualStudioCode and I can't find it. (Try to use the 'find', but I can't find it.)

2. How can I create a shortcut of this sudo visualStudioCode on the Ubuntu desktop?

Solution

I tried

which code

, it returned /usr/bin/code

and to run, just typed

code

and it opened VS Code. hope this helps

Comments

[wjandrea]

Which exact command did you use to install it? Do you know the name of the executable?

[Yanshof]

i not sure because it was 2-3 month ago - but maybe this sudo dpkg -i <file>.deb sudo apt-get install -f # Install dependencies

[Admin]

It should be vscode and it doesn't require sudo.

[Yanshof]

but there is some python script that i want to debug and its need to have sudo to debug it

[Yanshof]

and call from the terminal 'sudo vscode ' does not find the vscode

[guiverc]

quick hint(s): to see what commands you entered, look at history (which can be made to record date & time too). also if you know the command that runs a program/app, use the whereis sudo to find out where the command sudo is stored by example...

[Ravexina]

@Yanshof run sudo updatedb then locate -i visual | grep -i -e studio -e code let me know what is the out put. also let me know about the output of locate -i visual | grep -i desktop.

[Yanshof]

which visualStudioCode ... do nothing :( and on the /bin and /usr/bin its not exist :(:(

[Admin]

I think then as per the comments above from wjandrea you would need to know the name of the executable. You could try searching using a regular expression with find to search for an approximate word or phrase.

[Ashif]

thank you so much @joy-grewal

[cheekybanana]

Who the hell names their code editor's binary as "code"? I swear to f-cking god, I've been trying to find an executable starting with V forever. The audacity of calling your software "code"... This is like making a desktop manager application and calling the binaries "computer". Yes, I'm f-cking mad. (Thanks by the way)