Re: how to invoke self-compiled development versions

[Patrick Schmidt]

Am 25.09.2010 um 17:16 schrieb 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
James,

 thanks for your reply!
I think you are looking at the instructions for "Mac OS X on the  
command line" in Program Usage v.2.12?! Is it really the same for  
LilyBuntu?

When I type

    echo $PATH

on LilyBuntu I get:

    /home/pls/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/ 
sbin:/bin:/usr/games

So IINM  it must have been there by default as I haven't changed the  
PATH. I wouldn't even know how to do this on Linux (I can do it on  
Mac OS X). Doesn't that mean that the "bin"-folder I created for the  
"Lilypond"-script should be found?

Thanks for any hint!
patrick