Re: Getting started in OS X terminal

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Andrew Neil wrote:
> I've used a mac for a couple of years now.  Until I found Lilypond,  I'd 
> never felt the need to dip into the Terminal.  Now I'm keen to  make use 
> of some features of Lilypond which seem to be accessible  only from the 
> terminal, such as midi2ly.  I'd really appreciate a  little help in 
> getting started.
> The readme says "Put the lilypond.sh script somewhere in your path, eg.
> $ cp lilypond.sh /usr/local/bin/lilypond"
>
> I have carried out this command, but I'm not sure if that is in my  
> path.  The following command and output make me wonder:
>
> $ echo $PATH
> /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple- 
> darwin-current

Good point. MacOS X doesn't include /usr/local/bin/ in the path.

Add the following line to ~/.profile

  export PATH="/usr/local/bin/:$PATH"

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