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Re: Where did 'locate' go?

From: Mark Grieveson <dg135(at)torfree.net>
Date: Mon Dec 31 2007 - 16:57:17 EST

On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:07:51 +0000 (UTC) debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org wrote:

> Hello, all:
>
> On a recently updated testing system, I went to use 'locate' to find
> something, and it's not found. Is my system somehow hosed or did
> 'locate' get, uh, relocated or something?
>
> Patrick

You need to update the database, with, as root, the updatedb command. Then locate will find all your newly installed files.

Mark

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