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Kyle Daugherty
Kyle Daugherty
16,441 Points
Posted by Kyle Daugherty
Kyle Daugherty
16,441 Points

Need help making symlink to Sublime

I'm trying to create a symlink to Sublime, but when I type the following command in the terminal:

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl

I receive this message "No such file or directory"

Sublime Text 2 is located in my Applications folder. Although, I noticed in the instructions it states "The first task is to make a symlink to subl. Assuming you've placed Sublime Text 2 in the Applications folder, and that you have a ~/bin directory in your path.

How do I setup this ~/bin directory?

Thanks for your help in advance! Much appreciated.

1 Answer

matthew cairns
matthew cairns
3,530 Points
matthew cairns
matthew cairns
3,530 Points

Create a directory in your /Users/USERNAME/

You can do this by typing:

mkdir ~/bin

Then run this again:

ln -s "/Applications/Sublime Text 2.app/Contents/SharedSupport/bin/subl" ~/bin/subl