Re: [Denemo-devel] After running denemo several times in Ubuntu, lilypond disappeared.

[Richard Shann]

On Wed, 2015-07-15 at 01:21 -0700, Jedidiah Bartlett wrote:
> Ubuntu 15.04,
> Anonymous git checkout - Rev b8dc112 made by you on Mon.
> I just don't see in the make

Denemo's make does not attempt to install LilyPond. I think (in fact I
am sure, it has to be so) Denemo by default looks for lilypond.exe in
the $PATH
Only if you set the pref will it look elsewhere.
Beware that once Denemo has been run it has written your preferences to
disk at ~/.denemo-1.2.5, so you need to remove this for a clean
re-start.

Richard



>  where lilypond ever got installed in the first place.
> 
> On Jul 15, 2015 1:13 AM, "Richard Shann" <address@hidden>
> wrote:
>         On Wed, 2015-07-15 at 00:55 -0700, Jedidiah Bartlett wrote:
>         > I've been looking for a good lilypond editor, and this
>         seemed perfect.
>         > I followed the instructions to compile and install on your
>         website,
>         > and was able to run denemo, create a small score, print the
>         PDF and
>         > listen to the audio.
>         > I closed and opened denemo several times, with no issue.
>         >
>         >
>         > Nice product! seems to have all the features I was looking
>         for.
>         >
>         >
>         > After printing, I realized that my paper size was still set
>         to A4,
>         > default.  I went to Score > Score Properties > Paper Size,
>         and set the
>         > paper size to letter, and while I was at it, bumped up the
>         font. As
>         > soon as I closed the dialog, the following appeared in the
>         terminal
>         > from where I launched denemo:
>         >
>         >
>         > An error happened during lilypond launching: Failed to
>         execute child
>         > process "lilypond" (No such file or directory)
>         >
>         >
>         > I cannot find any evidence on my machine that lilypond was
>         ever
>         > installed, yet somehow it was all working perfectly for
>         several hours.
>         >
>         >
>         > I went back to my denemo/bin folder, and ran the make again:
>         > $make clean
>         > $make
>         > $sudo make install
>         >
>         >
>         > And still there seems to be no lilypond.
>         >
>         >
>         > What do I need to do to install lilypond again?
>         
>         You can install LilyPond via www.lilypond.org
>         you will then need to tell Denemo where it is:
>         
>         Edit->Change Preferences->Externals in the field "LilyPond
>         Path" give
>         the full path name (or - I think - just lilypond if it is in
>         $PATH)
>         
>         
>         >   And how did it disappear?
>         
>         It sounds *very* mysterious. Did your $PATH change?
>         
>         what O/S are you using - which tarball do you have (anonymous
>         checkout
>         from git is the best).
>         
>         Richard
>         
>         
>