Ubuntu 19.10 Can't find .local folder

I'm new to Ubuntu and I can't find .local. I looked everywhere and tried using the search function. Apparently that's where the applications install so I really need access to it.

1 Answer

Try to enter to .local folder using the next command:

$ cd ~/.local

If you got:

bash: cd: ~/.local: No such file or directory

then it have not been created because of software using it have not been installed or run, or have been removed by someone.

It does not exist by default.

Default content of ~/ user's folder is:

$ ls -ailh /etc/skel/
total 48K
1835117 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Mar 2 01:45 .
1835009 drwxr-xr-x 164 root root 12K Mar 21 23:21 ..
1837168 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 220 May 5 2019 .bash_logout
1837169 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3.7K May 5 2019 .bashrc
1845947 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Mar 1 22:56 .config
1845949 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15K Sep 29 17:56 .face
1837170 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 807 May 5 2019 .profile