On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 12:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > there is no install provided as far as i can tell; > the browser starts OK from the temp directory I unarchived it to, BUT:
> - where should such an application be domiciled ? /usr/bin/firebird ? For just you, put it in /home/user/bin/firebird. For everyone on the system, put it in /usr/local/firebird. > - what doI need to place it 'on a path', so it can be invoked from anywhere ? You can either add these directories to your path (in .bashrc or similar), or just make a symlink or shell script in an existing path. For the above examples I'd just put something in /home/user/bin or /usr/local/bin (both of which ought to be in your path already). - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ "I rather think of Pat as our linguistic ornithologist here - 'Oh look, the brown noddy also nests in the mangrove!'" - John Fleck -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
