Re: creating links

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 3:41 AM Paul Scott <waterhorsemusic@aol.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> The binary I want to execute is at
> /home/paul/Lilypond/lilypond-2.25.32/bin/lilypond
>
> 60 or 70% of the time that I upgrade I get this link correct. This is a
> time that it is failing and I haven't been to figure out the correct syntax.

How is it failing?  Please provide the exact error message.

Jeff