Command line help

[t.williams.im]

Hi,

I'm just learning how to use the command. A few easy questions:

1. How do I navigate from the "/" directory to the main directory which includes the Documents and Music directory? I use to cd .. command but that doesn't work.
2. Is there a directory for applications and how do I find it?

Thanks,

Tim

[steeldriver]

1. Just

cd

or

cd ~

will get you to your home directory from anywhere

2. not really - at least not in the sense that you may be familiar with from Windows (like C:\Program Files). Can you give us the bigger picture of what you are trying to do?

[Iowan]

Just cd will get you to your home directory.
(or cd ~)
/ is the root directory - it has no parent, so cd .. won't work.

[t.williams.im]

Awesome! Thanks.

With regards to the applications, I'm just finding it a little disorienting not having a folder for them.

[ian-weisser]

There are several directories for applications.
There are different directories for those applications' configs and settings, manuals, libraries, and more.
Generally, you don't need to know where they are. But if you're curious, browse through /bin and /usr
Most are owned by root. Don't mess with them. Some of those applications are vital to your system's operation.

Some people want to groups files by source (all files for Foo Application in one place)
Others want to to group files by function (all executables in one place, all settings in another)
Linux has traditionally used the latter approach. It aids collaboration and reduces duplication.

[Lars Noodén]

Most applications will be in /bin, /usr/bin, or /usr/local/bin, mostly the first two.

System utilities will usually be in /sbin, /usr/sbin or /usr/local/sbin

A general overview of where things belong is explained in hier.

[mark65ak]

1. How do I navigate from the "/" directory to the main directory which includes the Documents and Music directory? I use to cd .. command but that doesn't work.

cd /home/USERNAME/Documents

and

cd /home/USERNAME/Music

respectively

Note you have to replace USERNAME with your own login name and be aware that directories and usernames are case sensitive. Music, MUSIC and music would be 3 different directories.

pwd will show you the directory you are currently in
ls will list the contents of the directory you are in.
cd.. move you to the parent directory of the directory you are in
Good luck.

[Alculete]

if you installed through Ubuntu Software Center, via terminal or .deb files, all installed softwares will be on software center when you need to remove them

[rnerwein2]

hi
if your "cd " don't works.
give a "echo $HOME" a change to see where your installation is.
ciao