Re: how to invoke self-compiled development versions

[James Bailey]

On Sep 25, 2010, at 10:45 AM, Patrick Schmidt wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm using VirtualBox v.3.0.12 (the last release that supports Mac OS 10.4.11) 
> and LilyBuntu. I downloaded the source code of the current development 
> version with git to ~/lilypond-git and compiled it with "make all" as 
> described in the manuals. So far so good!
> 
> According to the CG (Concurrent Stable and Development Versions) in order to 
> use the development version I have to:
> 
>     …create a link to the binary in the source tree by saving the following 
> line in a file somewhere in your $PATH:
> 
>              exec <path to>/lilypond/out/bin/lilypond "$@"
> 
> I saved the following file as Lilypond in ~/bin:
> 
>      #!/bin/sh
> 
>      exec ~/lilypond-git/out/bin/lilypond "$@"
> 
> I made it executable with
> 
>     chmod +x Lilypond
> 
> But when I try to invoke it by typing: Lilypond I get the message:
> 
>     command not found
> 
> Where is my mistake? Is ~/bin not in my $PATH? If yes, how can I adjust this?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any pointers
> 
> patrick

No. ~/bin is not in the $PATH by default. If you look at the 2.12 documentation 
(I haven't started reading through the 2.13 documentatio)n, the end of the page 
has:
Now, add this directory to your path. Modify (or create) a file called .profile 
in your home directory such that it contains

    export PATH=$PATH:~/bin

This file should end with a blank line.

hope this helps