Dumb Question: Installing new version of Kopete

[Christopher McDevitt]

Scot L. Harris wrote:
> 
> A couple of good commands to know are
> 
> whereis  commandname
> locate commandname
> 
> Both of these will help you find where a particular file is located. 
> whereis uses a database which is updated using updatedb command.
> 
> locate searches your current users paths for the command.
> 
> Check out the man page on both for more information.
> 

I think you've got them mixed up.

'Locate' uses a database to find any file while 'whereis' searches a 
hardcoded path for various files related to a program.

which <command> tells you instantly where the binary (or symbolic link) 
of a program is. It is a shell builtin command that uses the current 
path like running any command does.

Chris