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    Symbolic Linking

    In order to install a paticular Java plugin for Firefox it said I needed to use a symbolic link in the plugins directory.. Could someone explain how to symbolically link? I found some articals on google but I was lost in the terminology.

    Thanks in Advance!

    -Jameson

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    A symbolic link ( or symlink ) is like a shortcut in windows.

    You can make them in the GUI ( KDE ) by draging and droping, but i'll explain how to do it on the command line.

    The command is 'ln' - link. And the option is '-s' for symbolic. So ..

    ln -s /home/some/fileordirectory /home/the/target
    ( from ) (to)

    Hope this helps.

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    Hey,

    I finialy got it working! Thanks eadz



    -Jameson

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