It will not work the way you have it. You need an absolute path like my example, not a relative path. Also, my example was for .cshrc. I am not sure about the .bashrc equivalent.
You could also append the absolute path to your PATH environment variable instead of using an alias. On Saturday 09 March 2002 02:03 am, Charles Muller wrote: > On Sat, 2002-03-09 at 16:20, Seedkum Aladeem wrote: > > Or you can define an alias in your shell rc file. This way you can start > > openoffice from the command line. > > > > For csh the line would go in the .cshrc file in your "home" directory and > > it will be: > > > > alias soffice /OpenOffice.org641/soffice > > > > This way whever you type "soffice &" in a terminal window, Open Office > > gets started. > > I tried this, using the .bashrc file in my home directory as follows: > > # User specific aliases and functions > > alias soffice ./OpenOffice.org641/soffice > > > But when I try it, I get an error message: > > bash: soffice: command not found > > I must be missing something. > > Regards, > > Chuck > > > Seedkum > > > > On Friday 08 March 2002 09:56 pm, Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas wrote: > > > On 9 Mar 2002, Charles Muller wrote: > > > > > > Using KDE I just made a 'icon' to it. > > > Right click I select something like make new application link and fill > > > in the blanks! > > > Sorry, I don't have the 'correct' steps 'cause I'm not using mdk8.1 in > > > English! > > > > > > Ricardo Castanho > > > > > > >I installed OpenOffice 6.41 using the tarball, and it works fine. > > > >However, it is slightly inconvenient to use, since each time I have to > > > >open the console, change directories to /OpenOffice.org641 and then > > > > type ./soffice. Is there a way of simplifying this process? > > > >Regards, > > > >Chuck > > > > ---- > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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