Where can I find the Atom installation directory?

Question

I am running Ubuntu 15.10. After downloading the Atom editor, I can not find where exactly on my system it is installed. I tried running which atom /usr/bin/atom

However, after navigating to the /bin directory, I can only find a text file named Atom with some code in it, and not the actual application.

I need the application file because I want to select it in my web browser so that I can open files directly into Atom, without saving them into my computer. Any guidance would be appreciated.

Solution

The file atom in /usr/bin is the shell script which launches the atom binary file.

Comments

[Zanna]

Just type atom in the terminal and it will launch - it has a launch script, that's why you see text in the file

[abruzzi26]

I figured how to launch it. But I need to launch it from my web browser, so I need the application file itself

[abruzzi26]

Nevermind, I was not aware this could launch the application. My bad

[abruzzi26]

I was not aware this could launch the application. Thanks!

[abruzzi26]

Is there any way to get the application itself, and not the script?

[idleberg]

@abruzzi26 I'd take under consideration that there's probably a good reason for the existence of the script and use it for the purpose you asked about. If you think you know better, you could simply look at the source of the script and find out what it does, now that you know where to find it.

[Josh Pinto]

The atom binary file is in /usr/share/atom, if that helps. So running /usr/share/atom/atom should launch Atom, although I stand by idleberg's recommendation to use the /usr/bin/atom shell script to launch Atom.

[Giorgi Gvimradze]

Why can't I reach inside cd ~/usr/bin with ~

[snh]

@GiorgiGvimradze Because ~ is your home path and usr is located at the root, not your home path.