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heljy:
Hi all, I recently installed Mandrake 8.0 on my computer and I really liked it!  

One question though... I installed both netscape 7.0 and mozilla 1.2 and they are located in /usr/local/netscape and /usr/local/mozilla respectively.

And whenever I want to run either one of them, I have to type in the entire pathname. I was wondering how I can set it up such that I only have to type 'netscape' or 'mozilla' at the prompt and have it start the browsers.

Please advise, thanks!

voidmain:
Either create a symbolic link in /usr/bin that points to the executables or add the appropriate directories to your PATH or create an alias or just add an ICON on your desktop.

Symbolic Link:
# ln -s /usr/local/netscape/netscape /usr/bin/netscape
# ln -s /usr/local/mozilla/mozilla /usr/bin/mozilla

This assumes your netscape program is /usr/local/netscape/netscape and your mozilla program is /usr/local/mozilla/mozilla. If that is not correct, change it to the proper path

PATH:
Edit your .bash_profile in your home directory and add ":/usr/local/netscape:/usr/local/mozilla" to the end of the line that starts with "PATH=". This will not take effect until you log off and back on.

alias:
Edit your .bash_profile in your home directory and add the lines "alias netscape=/usr/local/netscape/netscape" and "alias mozilla=/usr/local/mozilla/mozilla" to the end of the file.

ICON method:
Right click, Add new Launcher, browse to the executable and select it.

heljy:
Hmmm, I am wondering if I use the symbolic link method, well all the users be affected?

I know that if I edit the .bash_profile, it will only affect the user where the .bash_profile file is in.

So if I want it to be available to all user, I use the symoblic link?

thanks!

voidmain:
Yes, use the symbolic link method, or add the PATH  to /etc/profile rather than the .bash_profile. The /etc/profile is executed by all users when logging in before the .bash_profile in the user's home directory is executed. But I prefer the symbolic links.

[ October 10, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

heljy:
I tried the symbol link and I get an error when I tried to run mozilla.

/usr/local/mozilla: Permission denied.

I checked /usr/local/mozilla and it has lrwxrwxrwx access. Why dont I have the permission??  :confused:

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