sml configuration on ubuntu, how to run sml on command instead of the full path?

Question

I followed this instruction http://smlnj.cs.uchicago.edu/dist/working/110.70/NOTES/INSTALL

and install smlnj on mu laptop(ubuntu).

However, when I want run run the sml I have to change to /usr/share/smlnj/bin/ and run ./sml

before I can use sml.

I read something before, that I can add it to my PATH? so that I can run ./sml without going to that directory?

Answer 1

Well, either add /usr/share/smlnj/bin to your PATH env variable, or make a symlink to the command in a standard folder like /usr/bin, or write a small wrapper script which would also allow you to make additional adjustments like working directory, further environment variables and the like...