[sleuthkit-users] Questions on new version

[Eagle I. S. <in...@ea...>]

I've installed the 1.71 version of Autopsy and 1.61 version of Sleuthkit on
my SUSe Linux
machine and I have a couple of questions

1. When I run ./autopsy, I get the URL as  usual, and I paste
it into my browser and the program runs. The bitmap image
however, shows 1.70, not 1.71. Is this normal?

2. What is the purpose of the symbolic link in the sleuthkit installation?
I created a directory called sleuthkit, and created the symbolic link, which
appears in that directory just fine. However, I'm not sure why I would link
a new directory
to an existing directory? Can anyone shed some light?

Thanks!

Niall.