Create a File System Soft Link

This optional step makes it easy for those who prefer to use a command-line interface to start an IPython console session with Bluesky.

Assuming that your account has this directory: ${HOME}/bin/, create the soft link with this command:

ln -s ${HOME}/bluesky/blueskyStarter.sh ${HOME}/bin/

Start a Bluesky Console Session

With this soft link in the executable PATH, you can start an IPython console session for Bluesky from any directory with one simple command:

blueskyStarter.sh

The ${HOME}/bin directory

The ${HOME}/bin/ directory (same as ~/bin/) is an optional addition to a Linux account. It is often used to save (or link to) executable software and starter scripts for various application software of interest to users of this account.

In linux, ~/ is Linux shorthand for the user account home directory.

If your account does not have this directory, create it with this command:

mkdir ~/bin

see:

https://www.baeldung.com/linux/home-bin-directory

see:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/402353/how-to-add-home-username-bin-to-path

File system links

It is assumed that your account has this directory ~/bin/ and that this directory is on the executable path (as defined by the PATH environment variable).

Lots of information about file system links is available online.

see:

https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/linking-linux-explained