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Asked: 2012-09-18 12:09:44 +0800 CST

how to create a launcher for software installed inside root directory

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I am using ubuntu 12.04 64bit.

how to create a launcher for a software installed inside root directory, when I login as a regular user account?

12.04

1 Answers

  1. Try this! In terminal,

    whereis <program name>

    After that, it would show the path of this program.

    For instance,

    $ whereis vi
vi: /usr/bin/vi /usr/share/man/man1/vi.1.gz

    Now, you can run it via above path.

    If it need root permission, just add sudo to the front of the command.

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