Brenda -
On Sat, 23 Aug 2003, brenda wrote:
> java has me totally beat.i can d/l and install but i need to do a symlink and
> cannot get the command right.it is prolly one little space or something
> beating me but right now it has me beat.
The command to create symlinks, ln, takes the form
ln TARGET LINK_NAME
The LINK_NAME is created as a pointer _to_ TARGET. Think of it working in
nearly the same way as cp.
So to create the appropriate symlinks for Mozilla/Galeon, as root:
cd /path/to/mozilla/plugins/
ln -sf /path/to/java/j2sdk1.4.1/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so libjavaplugin_oji.so
ln -sf /path/to/java/j2sdk1.4.1 java2
On my system, this is
cd /usr/lib/mozilla-1.4/plugins
ln -sf ../../../java/j2sdk1.4.1_03/jre/plugin/i386/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so libjavaplugin_oji.so
ln -sf ../../../java/j2sdk1.4.1_03 java2
The full java path is /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_03.
.. is the notation for 'parent directory', so ../../../ "cancels out" the
lib/mozilla-1.4/plugins part of the path. You could put '/usr/' in place but
I seem to recall using ../ is safer and/or more efficient.
Finally, the -s paramter to ln creates a symbolic link, -f forces
replacement of any pre-existing TARGET.
> br3n
Best Regards,
Alex.
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