How to Locate Files/Directories on Gentoo
The Guide shows you How to Getting-Started Finding/Searching/Looking for Files, Directories, Images and Paths on a Linux Gentoo System.
At this Time is Necessary a Little Fix to Make Working the locate Command Line Tool.
Finally, the post’s Content is Expressly Reduced to Give Focus to the Essentials Instructions and Commands.
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Open a Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands) -
Install the Needed Command Line Utility.
sudo su
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
emerge mlocate
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Fixing locate Config File.
nano /etc/updatedb.conf
Comment Out Like that:
#NICE... IONICE_CLASS... #IONICE_PRIORITY...
Ctrl+x to Save & Exit :)
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Getting-Started Searching with the locate Command Line Tool.
Linux How to Use the locate Command