How to Install locate software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install locate software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

locate software package provides maintain and query an index of a directory tree, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install locate 

locate is installed in your system.

Make ensure the locate package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep locate *

You will get with locate package name, version, architecture and description in a table

locate package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package locate
Version 4.4.2-7
Description maintain and query an index of a directory tree
Sub Section Utils


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