How do I create a symbolic link?

Arenba · 09-29-2003, 08:02 AM

Hi all,
I downloaded JRE and installed it. But some websites direct me to Sun's website to download it. I have read it in a post under the Software forum that I have to make a symbolic link from Mozilla to /java/jre......./plugins.
How do I do that ?

Thanks.
P.S : In Nautilus, I tried right-clicking on Mozilla folder -> Make Link. It created another directory with "Link to Mozilla". What next? Or am I doing it all wrong in the first place ?

wonderpun · 09-29-2003, 08:08 AM

Umm, yeah actually you don't need that link to mozilla

Ok so you find the Java plugin on your system and then do:
ln -sf path_to_java_plugin mozilla_plugin_direcotry
Hope this helps!

aizkorri · 09-29-2003, 08:10 AM

try next:
ln -s [TARGET DIRECTORY] ./[SHORTCUT]

ln -s /java/jr..../plugins ./nameOfSymLink

hope this helps

Arenba · 09-29-2003, 09:20 AM

Thanks, guys !! I'll try it out later tonight. Am in another wkstn. at the moment.

Arenba · 09-29-2003, 10:40 AM

Great !! it worked !!
But I'd be lying if I said it was smooth sailing.......

I was trying to make sym links to plugin directories - and not to that particular file. As it turned out, there were sym linked directories lying all over the place

. Of course, java-vm was not working either.
Eventually, I realized my mistake.

Thanks again for the help.