SOLVED:set softlink

[ghartl1]

hi

i use soho 5.9 and installed frostwire..it is located in /opt...there is a directory called frostwire now. and in this directory is the script "runfrostwire.sh"

so...how should i set a symlink to start the app?so that it is available in usr/bin..i assume
please the exact syntax...

thanks in advance

greets günter

[newt]

maybe:
ln -s /opt/frostwire/runfrostwire.sh /usr/bin/frostwire

edit:
or, you could add /opt/frostwire/ to your path and then no need for symlink

[ghartl1]

hi

i already set the softlink /ln -s /opt/frostwire/frostwire.sh  /usr/bin/frostwire

but it wont start from the usr directory

in kde i simply put the execute command to opt/frostwire/frostwire.sh
that works

if i type which frostwire....the system wont find the proggi

so how can i set the path? and in which file? so the system knows where frostwire is located

regards günter

[newt]

PATH=$PATH:/opt/frostwire/
will add the directory to your path.

[caitlyn]

You can also set your default path (on a user by user basis) in your .bashrc file in your home directory.  You'll find a statement like this:

export PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games/:

Add /opt/frostwire: to the end of that statement and beginning with next login it will always be in your path.

HTH,
Cait

[ghartl1]

i did as you told me

wachbirn:$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/opt/Adobe/Reader8/bin/:/opt/frostwire:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:/usr/lib/qt/bin

sp opt is in the path...is it necessary to put the complete path in the variable (e.g /opt/frostwire/frostwire_noarchxxx/runfrostwire.sh ??)
and my frostwire proggi is in no bin-directory...btw

the system still cant find the proggi

[caitlyn]

Yes, you need the complete path minus the actual executable.  In your case it would be /opt/frostwire/frostwire_noarchxxx

[newt]

...is it necessary to put the complete path in the variable [executable] (e.g /opt/frostwire/frostwire_noarchxxx/runfrostwire.sh ??)...

Absolutely, this makes all the difference.  I believe the symlink would have worked if the full path was known and used.  We were creating a symlink for a script that wasn't even there - no wonder it did not work.

Example)
as root: ln -s /opt/frostwire/frostwire-4.17.0.noarch/runfrostwire.sh /usr/bin/frostwire

But you need to make sure the bolded part is 100% correct.  If the system complains that /usr/bin/frostwire already exists then remove that file first (as root, rm /usr/bin/frostwire), and then create the symlink.

edit: updated path in symlink based on your post below

[ghartl1]

didnt work either

here my path:

wachbirn:$ which frostwire
which: no frostwire in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/opt/Adobe/Reader8/bin/:wachbirn:/opt/frostwire/frostwire-4.17.0.noarch/runFrostwire.sh/:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:/usr/lib/qt/bin)

as you can see, i even put the exact path in....it didnt work with the directory before /opt/frostwire/frostwirearchxx/

which frostwire output:

wachbirn:$ which frostwire
which: no frostwire in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games:/opt/Adobe/Reader8/bin/:wachbirn:/opt/frostwire/frostwire-4.17.0.noarch/runFrostwire.sh/:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:/usr/lib/qt/bin)


any other suggestions?

greets günter

[ghartl1]

got it...

you were right...the complete path should be set for the symlink..now it works

thanks

greets günter
forget the post before

[caitlyn]

Gunter:

You included the executable in your path.  As I noted before you put in the complete path WITHOUT the executable.  Your PATH declaration is still wrong.

Change:  

/opt/frostwire/frostwire-4.17.0.noarch/runFrostwire.sh/

(which doesn't exist, since the last / defines it as a directory)

to:

/opt/frostwire/frostwire-4.17.0.noarch/

That will work.

[caitlyn]

Yes, correcting the symlink obviates the need for the PATH statement.  I'd remove the erroneous path entry fom your .bashrc file to speed searches.

Glad you got it working.

[ghartl1]

already put the original bashrc in place

thanks anyway

greets günter