where does synaptic install stuff?

[Robotuner]

I just used synaptic to install the fortran compiler, . . .Synaptic thinks it installed it, where is it and how do I access it?

[gabo.cr]

This may help?
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/

[mikewhatever]

Packages are usually installed where they are intended to be by their developers. Neither Synaptic nor the user usually make the choice. Accessing gfortran, if that's what you'd installed, is an odd way to put it. It's not a folder with a bunch of pictures after all. You probably want to know how to use it, rather then access. The following might help:

gfortran --help
man gfortran