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Old 05-30-2005, 01:48 PM   #1
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how a "Link" works


Im testing Slax and Just downloaded Firefox ... I have already installed it but Im having problem to put it in my bin folder...

I just want firefox to be called in the command line by the "firefox" command, I tryed make a link with ln to my /usr/bin folder but Im getting an error when I run the firefox command.

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Old 05-30-2005, 01:53 PM   #2
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please use a better title next time.. what does "link" mean?

and please tell us what the error actually IS...
 
Old 05-31-2005, 09:21 AM   #3
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If I make a [red]#ln -s ~/firefox_installer/firefox.sh /usr/bin/firefox[/red] then when I try run firefox on the command line its like isnt exists...

if I make a [red]#ln ~/firefox.../firefox.sh /usr/bin/firefox[/red] then when I try to run firefox on the commmand line it returns an error saying that Its not possible to localizate some Lib and files

but I can run the firefox.sh with no problem from the original path ... so Im thinking how can I make a link that works and that execute the file on its original directory

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