Ubuntu – set shortcut for executable program from terminal

command lineeclipseshortcutssymbolic-link

I installed a program and I want to create a shortcut.

e.g. I want to type eclipse into the terminal to launch the program.

I already copied the eclipse folder in /home/user/Programs and created a symbolinc link to the executable /home/user/Programs/eclipse/eclipse (the one that allows me to launch the program by typing ./eclipse, I guess it is a binary or like a shell script) in a folder located in /home/bin and I added this last folder to the path using export.

But I have this issue:

bash: ./eclipse: No such file or directory

Can you please help me on that? I am sure that I missed something

Best Answer

You can use alias also. Add below line to the ~/.bashrc file.(gedit ~/.bashrc command will open file for the editing.) Then close and open a terminal.

alias eclipse='/home/<user>/Programs/eclipse/eclipse'

Then type eclipse to open Eclipse. You don't need ./ at the begining of the command.

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Your current directory is . . So, cp /foo/fam/foo . copies the file to your current directory.

The analogous construction for "one directory up," or the parent directory of your current working directory, is two dots, i.e., .. . (Thanks @djeikyb .)

So, from /usr/house/firstfloor/basement , cd .. takes you one level up to /usr/house/firstfloor.

In the same example (starting from /usr/house/firstfloor/basement, the command cd ../.. would take you to /usr/house .

You can also use $PWD with echo to get your current directory:

echo $PWD

Incidentally, $OLDPWD will give you your previous directory. (Which in bash you can also reach by typing cd - .)

Ubuntu – Desktop link to Eclipse

Create a file "eclipse.desktop" or similar, just be sure to have the .desktop extension.
Open File with a texteditor (gedit for instance)

paste following code into the file:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=/home/path/to/eclipse/eclipse --clean -vmargs -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Xmx1024m -Xms256m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
Name=Eclipse JEE IDE
Icon=/home/path/to/eclipse/icon.xpm

Be sure to replace "/home/path/to/eclipse/" with your path to your eclipse installation folder.
Save the file
Make the file executable and copy it whereever you want an eclipse starter.

Happy Coding!

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