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The scripts (such as lilypond-book, convert-ly, abc2ly, and even lilypond itself) are also included inside MacOS X .app. They can be run from the command line by invoking them directly, e.g.
path/to/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/lilypond
The same is true of the other scripts in that directory, including lilypond-book, convert-ly, abc2ly, etc.
Alternatively, you may create scripts which add the path automatically. Create a directory to store these scripts,
mkdir -p ~/bin cd ~/bin
Create a file called lilypond which contains
exec path/to/LilyPond.app/Contents/Resources/bin/lilypond "$@"
Create similar files lilypond-book, convert-ly, and
any other helper programs you use (abc2ly, midi2ly,
etc). Simply replace the bin/lilypond with
bin/convert-ly (or other program name) in the above file.
Make the file executable,
chmod u+x lilypond
Now, add this directory to your path. Modify (or create)
a file called .profile in your home directory such that it contains
export PATH=$PATH:~/bin
This file should end with a blank line.
Note that path/to will generally be /Applications/.
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This page is for LilyPond-2.10.33 (stable-branch).