Hi guys, back to the newbie forum I come

I've done a search but I can't come up with the answer, probably because I don't know what exactly to be searching for.

I want to know how I can make a program name 'global' so I can call it from any directory instead of where the program resides, I suspect its going to be making a symbolic link to somewhere but I don't know where.

E.g. To use azureus I have to go 'cd /usr/local/bin/azureus then ./azureus'
to run firefox I have to type 'firefox' and away it goes.

While we're at it, any way to put this program into the applications menu?

Running SuSe 10, thanks guys.

Eh, so I take it you build a lot from source? I don't understand what's all the cd'ing for. Even then, I don't understand why you have to cd to /usr/local/src to run something. If you finish your compile with 'make install', and your path is correct, you should be able to run everything without having to cd.

What's up!

put your program in your path.
$ echo $PATH

What you are looking for in the PATH environment variable. Open a shell and type
to see which directories are searched for the command you type (what you refer to as being 'global').
Assuming you use bash - find out this way:
you can add /usr/local/bin by adding the following line to the file ~/.bashrc
With KDE it should be in the ControlCenter. There should be an option "Menu Editor" or something like that. There you can add each and any items to the menu and remove others.

HTH,
Benjamin

Ok, in regards to how I installed it, I decided that I'm putting my programs into /usr/local/bin because I read somewhere thats where people put them a lot of the time, probably wrong but either way it shouldn't hurt anything.

Now correct me if I'm wrong but with azureus you mearly download then untar it, which produces the program azureus which you just run with ./azureus, no need to make install etc to get the right path.

Since I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing with path can someone please fill me in with what the correct command exactly?

P.s. output of linux:~ # echo $PATH
/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/opt/gnome/sbin:/root/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin


my azureus program and files is located in /usr/local/bin.

That should work...
Now, can you do this and post the whole output here:
IE, start azureus not from the /usr/local/bin directory but from somewhere else.

Greetings,
Benjamin

peleus@linux:~> azureus
bash: azureus: command not found

linux:~ # azureus
-bash: azureus: command not found

(Both normal user and root same result)

On another note if I type in az "TAB" it comes up with azureus so I think there is some type of recognition there?

Okay, this is definately strange. I need a bit more information from these commands:

linux:~ # which azureus (No visible result)
linux:~ # type azureus
-bash: type: azureus: not found
linux:~ # ls -l /usr/local/bin/azureus/
total 14273
drwxrwxrwx 3 root 48 856 Nov 8 19:11 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 112 Nov 9 01:31 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 48 16722 Nov 1 2004 Azureus.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 48 11235 Nov 1 2004 Azureus.torrent.png
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 5790827 Jun 27 22:32 Azureus2.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 peleus users 6746754 Nov 8 19:09 Azureus_2.3.0.4_linux.GTK.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 48 55117 Jun 27 22:32 ChangeLog.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 48 17719 May 24 2004 License.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 48 456 Nov 22 2004 README.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 3177 Jun 15 21:43 azureus
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 15048 Sep 24 2004 cpl-v10.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 26432 Sep 24 2004 lgpl-v21.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 31895 Sep 24 2004 libswt-atk-gtk-3106.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 6607 Sep 24 2004 libswt-awt-gtk-3106.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 14169 Sep 24 2004 libswt-gnome-gtk-3106.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 207030 Sep 24 2004 libswt-gtk-3106.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 28712 Sep 24 2004 libswt-kde-gtk-3106.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 125467 Sep 24 2004 libswt-mozilla-gtk-3106.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 358820 Sep 24 2004 libswt-pi-gtk-3106.so
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 25755 Sep 24 2004 mpl-v11.txt
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 112 Dec 19 2004 plugins
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 3455 Sep 24 2004 swt-about.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 79721 Sep 24 2004 swt-mozilla.jar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 54118 Sep 24 2004 swt-pi.jar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 937275 Sep 24 2004 swt.jar

okay, here we go.
/usr/local/bin/azureus is not a program but a directory. I suggest doing the following:
Install Azureus to /opt/azureus. Then create the following symlink:
After you logout and login again you should be able to run azureus without having to cd to the path.
What happens:
/opt/*/bin are automatically added to the PATH environment variable which is searched by your shell for programs. By having azureus in /opt/azureus and creating the symlink from /opt/azureus/bin to /opt/azureus the name /opt/azureus/bin/azureus will point to the executable program /opt/azureus/azureus.


HTH,
Benjamin

Firstly I'd like to say thanks for your help you're being awesome.

Secondly I tried without any success.

Firstly I moved /usr/local/bin/azureus to /opt/azureus

I then created the symlink cut and pasting the command you said, now the output when I type is
peleus@linux:~> azureus
bash: /usr/bin/azureus: Permission denied

Was the symlink ment to be for /opt/azureus/bin though because all my azureus files are in that azureus folder, none in bin, you probably did say the right command but thought I would double check.

linux:/usr/bin # ls -l "azureus"
-rw-r--r-- 1 peleus users 75 Nov 9 01:20 azureus

if that helps.

Thanks, I need that from time to time

Okay, what we have here is another problem.
There seems to exist a file/directory /usr/bin/azureus, possibly from your Distribution or an older azureus installation.
You said you use SuSE, so I suggest checking with YaST and possibly deinstalling the older version.
Please also paste the output from
Then I can tell you if the symlink is correct.


Greetings,
Benjamin

Ok, well firstly in regards to the old install as far as I can tell there never has been any install on the system. If I go yast > software management and search for azureus no results come up. This is a fresh install from today and I know that I haven't put any previous installation on.

In regards to the output,

peleus@linux:~> ls -l /opt/azureus/
total 14272
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 3177 2005-06-15 21:43 azureus
-rw-r--r-- 1 peleus users 6746754 2005-11-08 19:09 Azureus_2.3.0.4_linux.GTK.tar.bz2
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 5790827 2005-06-27 22:32 Azureus2.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 48 16722 2004-11-01 19:27 Azureus.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 48 11235 2004-11-01 19:27 Azureus.torrent.png
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 2005-11-09 01:51 bin -> .
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 48 55117 2005-06-27 22:32 ChangeLog.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 15048 2004-09-24 23:32 cpl-v10.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 26432 2004-09-24 23:32 lgpl-v21.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 31895 2004-09-24 23:32 libswt-atk-gtk-3106.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 6607 2004-09-24 23:32 libswt-awt-gtk-3106.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 14169 2004-09-24 23:32 libswt-gnome-gtk-3106.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 207030 2004-09-24 23:32 libswt-gtk-3106.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 28712 2004-09-24 23:32 libswt-kde-gtk-3106.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 125467 2004-09-24 23:32 libswt-mozilla-gtk-3106.so
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root 48 358820 2004-09-24 23:32 libswt-pi-gtk-3106.so
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 48 17719 2004-05-24 08:31 License.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 25755 2004-09-24 23:32 mpl-v11.txt
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 112 2004-12-19 10:56 plugins
-rw-r--r-- 1 root 48 456 2004-11-22 02:22 README.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 3455 2004-09-24 23:32 swt-about.html
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 937275 2004-09-24 23:32 swt.jar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 79721 2004-09-24 23:32 swt-mozilla.jar
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root 48 54118 2004-09-24 23:32 swt-pi.jar

Thanks again

Okay, in that case it should be safe to just delete /usr/bin/azureus. Maybe you should just move it somewhere else first to check if everything still runs and then delete it.

Perfect

You know what I'm going to say don't you

peleus@linux:~> azureus
bash: azureus: command not found

Thats after I deleted azureus from /usr/bin

Out of intrest once we get this working is it going to be a universal process for all these programs assuming I install them in /opt/?

Thanks mate