On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, Pete Theisen wrote:
> Don't know, I don't know how to do that. The path is /home/pete/firefox.
>
> If I navigate to that location in the file browser and click on a thingie
> named "firefox" it starts. I usually call such thingies simlinks.
Could be a symlink, a script, or even a binary. Or something special
interpreted by your environment. What does "file ~/firefox" say?
> Once I have it running I never shut it off unless it starts screwing up. I
> may close tabs or windows, but not close it completely.
sudo ln -s ~/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
(if it's something halfway ordinary)
Maybe your WM will recognize that you have it installed, maybe not. In any
case, at least you can run "firefox" from any terminal or "run" dialog
without either messing with $PATH or giving an explicit path. Or invoking a
file manager.
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