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Running kile from terminal

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I installed kile from offline installer and everytime I want to run it, I need to go to the install directory and then run it

cd /home/usrname/kile-install



./kile

is there anyway to add a command so that this process is automated?
i.e i want to type "kile" in the terminal and it should open kile.

Edit: tried modifying .bashrc file
added the following lines to .bashrc

PATH=PATH$:/home/usrname/kile-install/bin

PATH=PATH$:/home/usrname/R2009b/bin

The second one works but kile does not work.

Thanks.

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answered 2 Years ago imonove · Accepted Answer

If you're installing the program for a single user only, there's no need to mess with system directories - you can configure everything in your home directory. No need to use sudo either.

Create a folder called bin in your home directory and create a symlink from your executable into that directory:

mkdir ~/bin

ln -s ~/kile-install/kile ~/bin

or, if kile needs to be started from a particular directory, create a small shell script and place it in ~/bin:

#!/bin/sh

cd /home/usrname/kile-install

./kile

If you haven't had ~/bin directory previously you'll need to log out and then log in back, but in the future it'll be added to your PATH automatically so everything you put there can be invoked without specifying the full path.