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[solved] Can I soft link a non existing executable to an existing one? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Edit: while waiting for your replies, my PAM lockout/timeout reset and I was able to try. It worked. 🤣

I am trying to open the cloud provider Internxt's desktop app. I have Librewolf installed, which I'm sure is going to work as a substitute for Firefox. Can I

ln -s /usr/bin/librewolf /usr/bin/firefox

to make their app use Librewolf instead, thinking it's actually executing Firefox? If not, would an alias work?

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 week ago

Thanks! I don't see myself ever installing Firefox, but I'll definitely read up of the differences between local/bin and "normal" bin. :)

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