Which command line software tools are required to mine litecoin I have compiled litecoin core and am currently running litecoind which is downloading the blockchain.

What other command-line tools do I need in order to mine litecoin without a GUI? And what are the other prerequesites (aside from a beefy rig with lots of graphics cards etc)? Can I just create a wallet and set the daemon running? Does the daemon mine coins or do I need to use litecoin-cli to instruct the daemon as to the location of my wallet etc?

I can't seem to find any decent command line guides - most seem to be for cgminer or litecoin-qt
You have miners on command line like sgminer or cgminer. You can use this with a GUI but it is not a requirement.

You can find usage guide on previous link.
Exemple for sgminer. After you build it and install it, you simply have to execute this command to lunch mining :

sgminer -o http://pool:port -u username -p password


Replace :


pool by adresse of your pool
port by the port of your mining pool 
username and password by your pool login.


If you want more information check official github of these projects