# Symlinking (creating a symbolic link) Aseprite CLI on Macos

**URL:** <https://community.aseprite.org/t/symlinking-creating-a-symbolic-link-aseprite-cli-on-macos/27723>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 26, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/symlinking-creating-a-symbolic-link-aseprite-cli-on-macos/27723 "2025-10-26T15:20:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/symlinking-creating-a-symbolic-link-aseprite-cli-on-macos/27723/1 "2025-10-26T15:20:13Z")

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Hello everyone!

I’m a huge fan of Aseprite! 😃 I want to start using the Aseprite CLI and tried the following:

`sudo ln -s “/Applications/Aseprite.app/Contents/MacOS/aseprite” /usr/local/bin/aseprite`

However, I get this, when trying the command `aseprite --version`, I get:  
`gui.xml was not found`  
`gui.xml was not foundlibc++abi: terminating due to uncaught exception of type base::Exception: gui.xml was not found`  
`zsh: abort aseprite --version`

Works fine when I run `“/Applications/Aseprite.app/Contents/MacOS/aseprite” --version`  
Here I get:  
`Aseprite 1.3.15.4-arm64`

Can anyone please help? 🥹🙏