On Vi, 25 dec 20, 06:38:14, grumpy@mailfence.com wrote: > over the years i've noticed that some command files are put in what i would call not usual locations > for example /usr/lib/dropbear/dropbearconvert dpkg -L is very helpful in such cases. > and to add insult to injury many times the man pages do not tell you > the location > does anyone know the reasoning behind this > this is not a criticism just curiosity It depends... The executable might be only used internally, it has a generic name that is likely to conflict with other completely unrelated software, etc. The changelog for dropbear only mentions it is installed in /usr/lib/dropbear, without a reason. Anyway, according to the changelog it was moved to /usr/bin in more recent versions. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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