symlinking is possible between partitions (it is symbolic link . But hardlinking is possible only on same partition and only for files. you can create link with program ln: $ ln -s orig_location destination (this will create symbolic link from existing location to destination; -s means symbolic) If you want to move stratagus to MyDocs, first move files and folders, then create symlink: $ mv /opt/stratagus /home/user/MyDocs $ ln -s /home/user/MyDocs/stratagus /opt/stratagus Note: you must run these commands as root. And you may move it after installing (not before). Installation to MyDocs failed due to FAT permitions.
ln -s /home/user/MyDocs/Starcraft/stargus /opt/stratagus/share/stargus