shortcut to binaries?
 

is there a way to create a shortcut to a binary, so say i install firefox in a home directory i then want to be able to execute it by typing firefox not /root/firefox/firefox, is there a way to put a shortcut in the bin folder or somthing?

thanks

In general, yes. However, symlinks (man ln)
don't always work as one expects :} ... specially
if libraries are required, or if the symlink is to
a script of sorts.


Cheers,
Tink

Hi there DrGnome!

You could make a symbolic link. As root, type:

ln -s /path to firefox executable /usr/bin/firefox

Good luck!

thanks