"Many a Linux power user has tried to use locate to search for files on a Mac and then quickly discovered that it didn’t work." Rather, that it gives you instr

"Many a Linux power user has tried to use locate to search for files on a Mac and then quickly discovered that it didn’t work." Rather, that it gives you instructions for getting it to work. How's a Linux power user getting by without following such instructions to turn on one of their favorite utilities?