place a shortcut to desktop

[in2media]

im running mandriva 2007 free with cedega
ive installed the sims and it runs ok but i want to place a shortcut icon for the sims on my desktop so the kids dont have to use the konsole
how do i place the shortcut on desktop

[devils casper]

you can create symlink ( shorcuts ) through 'ln' command.

ln -s <path of sims package> ~/Desktop/sims

Casper

[in2media]

you can create symlink ( shorcuts ) through 'ln' command.

ln -s <path of sims package> ~/Desktop/sims

Casper

just tried what you said and got the following error
[john@localhost ~]$ ln -s <path of sims package> ~/Desktop/sims
bash: path: No such file or directory
[john@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost john]# ln -s <path of sims package> ~/Desktop/sims
bash: path: No such file or directory
[root@localhost john]#

[devils casper]

you should 'type' actual path of sims binary file.
i assume that package name is 'sims'. execute this

which sims

this will display the path of sims pacakge. mostly its /usr/bin/sims.
now create symlink

ln -s /usr/bin/sims ~/Desktop/sims

Casper

[in2media]

you should 'type' actual path of sims binary file.
i assume that package name is 'sims'. execute this

which sims

this will display the path of sims pacakge. mostly its /usr/bin/sims.
now create symlink

ln -s /usr/bin/sims ~/Desktop/sims

Casper

ln -s /usr/bin/sims ~/Desktop/sims
had to change to ln -s /usr/bin/the_sims ~/Desktop/sims.
problem solved thanx