Sim link
 

Hello,

I was wondering how you make simlinks.
So i can place a (for lack of a better word) "short cut"
on my desktop to run certain programs.


Also another question....

I downloaded mercury messenger via a torrent.....
and the name of the file is 1708_LINUX_VM
How do i install that?

On the desktop it is as easy as right-clicking on the desktop and clicking new-link to application, then type the command that launches the app in the command field, or browse to it.

From the command line a symlink is created as such

ln -s <path to original> <link name>

For example to link firefox on my desktop I would type

ln -s /home/pcghost/firefox/firefox.bin /home/pcghost/Desktop/Firefox