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Groovy hepcat David W. Hodgins was jivin' in comp.os.linux.misc on Sat,
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> On Fri, 06 Aug 2021 19:09:43 -0400, Jane <J@home.com> wrote:

  This is to the OP. (Sorry, I don't see your post; only other people's
followups.)

>> I'm not actually a beginner but I'm sure plenty who are have come
>> across this problem many times...and I cannot find an explanation
>> anywhere.
> 
> I don't use mint, so don't know which package manager it uses.
> 
>> After installing packages with software manager, some open up
>> immediately, others are accompanied by an icon but many just seem to
>> disappear. They are installed but there appears to be no way to run
>> them. I have tried terminal and package manager to no avail.

  Software Manager is just a front end to the apt package management
system. You could use tools provided by apt and dpkg (a backend used by
apt) to find information on installed packages.
  If you know the actual package name (not the name/description in
Software Manager), you can use the dpkg-query command to find out more
about it, including what files are installed. You can then find out the
names of an installed program. Try this:

sudo dpkg-query -L packagename

  If you don't know the package name, you can try looking at history.*
files in /var/log/apt/ to see what was recently installed. Or, if you
have a general idea but don't know exactly, you could try the apt-cache
command to search for a package:

sudo apt-cache search softwarename

  Another option is to run synaptic and use it to search for the name of
the software you've installed. It has a tab that shows installed files.

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Beginner's question. Jane <J@home.com> - 2021-08-07 09:09 +1000
  Re: Beginner's question. "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2021-08-06 20:31 -0400
    Re: Beginner's question. Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-08-08 06:11 -0400
      Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-10 06:33 +0100
    Re: Beginner's question. Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2021-08-11 17:19 +1000
      Re: Beginner's question. Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-09-07 07:36 -0400
        Re: Beginner's question. Peter 'Shaggy' Haywood <phaywood@alphalink.com.au> - 2021-09-08 22:54 +1000
          Re: Beginner's question. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-09-08 23:54 +0200
          Re: Beginner's question. Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-09-12 05:24 -0400
  Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-07 09:38 +0100
  Re: Beginner's question. Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-08-08 17:01 +0000
    Re: Beginner's question. John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@personalprojects.net> - 2021-08-08 15:46 -0400
      Re: Beginner's question. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-08-08 22:42 +0200
      Re: Beginner's question. Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-08-09 17:16 +0000
    Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-10 06:33 +0100
    Re: Beginner's question. Jane <jane@home.com> - 2021-09-06 20:32 +1000
      Re: Beginner's question. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-09-06 12:46 +0200
        Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-06 12:33 +0100
      Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-09-06 12:31 +0100
      Re: Beginner's question. Bud Frede <frede@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-09-07 07:34 -0400

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