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Adding 'soft link' to julia

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I would like to be able to open the software "Julia" by simply typing julia in a terminal at any location (like I can do for, say, firefox). Currently, I have to type

cd ~/julia

./julia

According to the documentation I must:

Add a soft link to the julia executable in the julia directory to /usr/local/bin (or any suitable directory already in your path).

I don't fully understand softlinks, but I can't figure out why this doesn't work:

ln -s ~/julia /usr/local/bin

Why won't this allow me to access the contents of the ~/julia file (including the julia executable) directly?

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answered 3 Years ago deringach · Accepted Answer

I assume the executable julia is under ~/julia/ folder. Use the following command in terminal to make a softlink in /usr/local/bin,

sudo ln -s /home/<username>/julia/julia /usr/local/bin

Replace <username> with your actual username. Or,

sudo ln -s "$HOME"/julia/julia /usr/local/bin

Note: you need to use sudo to access /usr/local/bin as it is system directory.

Alternate User level Method (if you do not have root access)

You can create a folder $HOME/bin and put it in path, use the following commands in terminal,

cd

mkdir bin

echo "export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc

. ~/.bashrc

Now create a softlink in $HOME/bin as,

ln -s "$HOME"/julia/julia "$HOME"/bin