On Sat, Jan 17, 2026 at 11:42:05PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Hi all. > > My path is: > > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games > > whereis lilypond gives > > lilypond: /usr/bin/lilypond /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lilypond > /usr/local/bin/lilypond /usr/share/lilypond > /usr/share/man/man1/lilypond.1.gz /usr/share/info/lilypond > > What is wrong with following command which causes lilypond -v to execute the > stable version of lilypond which is also installed? > > sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/lilypond ~/Lilypond/lilypond2.25.32/bin/lilypond > /usr/local/bin/lilypond I'm having difficulties in keeping apart what are shell commands and what is text "in between" (tip: some kind of markup, say indentation, would help), but if your "real" lilypond is in ~/Lilypond/..., don't you rather want sudo ln -s ~/Lilypond/lilypond2.25.32/bin/lilypond /usr/local/bin/lilypond ? (Mnemonics: ln is like copy, but doesn't move stuff around). Cheers -- t
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