> On 30 May 2020, at 10:14, Mats Behre <mb.mailli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2020-05-29 20:18, Hans Åberg wrote: >> For an editor app, Frescobaldi is much better, and it runs lilypond >> externally, and for 2.21, there is the installer that I just posted about >> [1], which does not require MacPorts, or the MacPorts one itself, or >> possibly, traditional package chasing. >> >> 1. https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2020-05/msg00536.html >> > The editor part at least I can do without, but I think you missed an > important part of the OP:s request - he does not want an installer (and > neither do I).
Not really, you would probably have to compile it yourself. > The Lilypond.app available through the other link can be just copied to an > arbitrary location, and the Lilypond program itself used as in earlier > versions. That is no longer true on MacOS 10.15, as the OS itself runs in a dedicated read only space, and you can only put it certain locations. The directory /Applications/ is for native MacOS applications, and for example /opt/ is for Unix applications, and /usr/local/ for source compiled applications.
