Can't get symbolic link changed

[sandlynx]

I just upgraded from thunderbird 2.0.0.23 to thunderbird-3.1.4. I tried to change the link to the new thunderbird, but when I click on the link in the menu, nothing comes up. Here's the code I used:
thunderbird
thunderbird-2.0.0.23
thunderbird-3.1.4
tk8.5
tkConfig.sh
tr.msg
trn
upcase.dat
utempter
valid.dat
vfs
vte
xchat
xfce4
xine
xml2Conf.sh
xmms
xorg
xsltConf.sh
yp
zsh
root@darkstar:/usr/lib# ln -sf /usr/libthunderbird-3.1.4/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird
root@darkstar:/usr/lib#
I can see that I missed the slash after lib. Since console didn't complain, the link went someplace. But, I don't where. Can anyone tell me now to create a link to the upgraded version of thunderbird?
I just got the upgraded version of Thunderbird working. It is installed so that it does work. I cd'd to : /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.1.4/thunderbird and typed: ./thunderbird. It came up. But, the link in the menu does not work for some reason. Any help would be appreciated.

[sandlynx]

Let me put it this way: How do I make a link from Thunderbird, new version, to the Start Menu? I screwed up the changing of links from the old version to the new version, but isn't it possible to simply create a link from the new version to the start menu entry for Thunderbird?

[coopstah13]

you created symbolic link incorrectly, so recreate it using the correct path

i don't know what DE/WM you are using, so it is really impossible to tell you how to edit the menu entry to point to the new thunderbird

[sandlynx]

I'm using the KDE windown manager.

[coopstah13]

if the menu entry is just executing /usr/bin/thunderbird, then probably just making the proper symbolic link will fix your problem

[sandlynx]

I've tried creating a symbolic link every way I know of, and it isn't working. I'll just run it from Konsole. I don't know how to write code and I'm not a guru, so I'm pretty much lost when it comes to fixing stuff.

[Freston]

root@darkstar:/usr/lib# ln -sf /usr/libthunderbird-3.1.4/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird

There's a typo in there.

This should work

ln -sf /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.1.4/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird

Confirm

which thunderbird
# should output: /usr/bin/thunderbird

ls -l `which thunderbird`
# should output: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 41 2010-09-20 16:09 /usr/bin/thunderbird -> /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.1.4/thunderbird*

I've looked, but the menu entry in KDE just calls 'thunderbird', at least in KDE3.5

[sandlynx]

Here's the code I used, and it still doesn't work in the menu.
This is the code I used:
sandy@darkstar:~$ su
Password:
root@darkstar:/home/sandy# cd /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.1.4
root@darkstar:/usr/lib/thunderbird-3.1.4# ls
thunderbird thunderbird-3.1.4.tar.bz2
root@darkstar:/usr/lib/thunderbird-3.1.4# ln -sf /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.1.4/thunderbird /usr/bin/thunderbird
root@darkstar:/usr/lib/thunderbird-3.1.4# exit
exit
sandy@darkstar:~$ su
Password:
root@darkstar:/home/sandy# cd /usr/lib/
root@darkstar:/usr/lib# ls -l which thunderbird
ls: cannot access which: No such file or directory
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2010-10-13 11:10 thunderbird -> /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.1.4
root@darkstar:/usr/lib# cd /usr/lib
root@darkstar:/usr/lib# ls -s which thunderbird
ls: cannot access which: No such file or directory
thunderbird:
total 11220
4 thunderbird 11216 thunderbird-3.1.4.tar.bz2
root@darkstar:/usr/lib#

[coopstah13]

if you are trying to use which in combination with ls command, you need to back quote it like this

ls -l `which thunderbird`

the menu entry is possibly pointing to the /usr/lib/thunderbird-2.0/bin file, unfortunately i don't use KDE so i can't really help you, other than right clicking on the menu entry and seeing if there is an edit option where you can specify path of executable