Re: pdf can't be made

[Mats Bengtsson]

I hope you saw Jan's answer,
http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2003-08/msg00390.html

If you are not that familiar to UNIX, you could for example do:

- Start the Cygwin command window
- Run the command: "cp /bin/bash /bin/sh"
- Close the command window with "exit"
Now, LilyPond should work the next time you start a new Cygwin window.

  /Mats


Warren Stickney wrote:
> I'm getting the same
>
> "Running Latex...cannot create/dev/stderr: directory"
>
> error from my downloaded Lily 1.8.0 (cygwin).
>
> Comparing my files with those you mention 26 Aug, Mats,
> (albeit that those files were for Heinz Wallisch's 1.6.11 installation)
> the following are missing on mine:
>
> base-files
> bzip2
> gettext
> ghostscript-X11
> jgraph
> libbz2_1
> libgdbm
> libintl
> libpcre()
> libreadline4
> pcre
> pcre-doc
> psutils
> terminfo
> tetex-base
> tetex-extra
> tetex-x11
> XFree86-base
> XFree86-bin
> XFree86-etc
> XFree86-fenc
> XFree86-fnts
> XFree86-lib
> XFree86-lib-compat
> XFree86-startup-scripts
>
> But possibly Heinz actually received more files than was absolutely
> necessary, or else 1.8.0 needs less?
>
> TIA for any assistance.
>
>
> Warren Stickney
> Wellington,
> New Zealand
>
>
>
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