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Install mlocate (locate and updatedb Commands) 
mlocate is a merging locate and database package. "Merging" means updatedb reuses the existing database to avoid re-reading most of the file system. This makes the database update faster and does not tax the system caches.  
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mlocate can index several file systems including network file systems for network shares. This package is essential when attempting to quickly find documents in a terminal. 
Install mlocate 
 
As a matter of best practice we'll update our packages: 
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Then let's install mlocate and any required packages: 
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Updating mlocate 
The following command will update the search databases: 
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mlocate installs a cron job that will run daily to update search databases at: 
 
 
/etc/cron.daily/mlocate.cron 
 
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