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link Rscript to non-existant directory

I am using program which automatically assumes that Rscript is installed in my home directory. Not even it is not, but the directory /home/username/bin does not even exist - so calling /home/username/bin/Rscript results in an error.

However typing "Rscript" works from everywhere. Is there any way how to run Rscript whenever this program calls this non-existent directory? I would rather not change code of the program I am using.

Thanks a lot.

Solution

  • You can create a symlink to the real file, using the ln command:

    ln -s /real/path/to/rscript /home/username/bin/rscript