Re: downloading, installing, using Cygwin in MS Windows XP Professional

[Mats Bengtsson]

Don't worry about all these questions, just click the Next button
until you reach the "Select Packages" dialogue where you have to
select the Lilypond package. If you wish, you could spend a few
seconds choosing a download site that's close to you, but they
should all give the same installation. To summarize, just follow
the instructions at http://lilypond.org/web/download/windows.html.

You say you want the Brahms piano concerto, I guess you found Dirk
Lattermans old page at http://www.alqualonde.de/lilypond.html.
Unfortunately, LilyPond has evolved quite a bit from year 2000 when
Dirk typed in this piece. Even though the LilyPond package includes
a program convert-ly that can update an old input file to correspond
to the current version of the program, you should be prepared to have
to do significant manual work to just be able to process the files and
get a decent output. On the other hand, you will learn lots about
LilyPond on the way which may be very useful if you want to typeset
any music yourself some day.

As an alternative, have you seen http://www.bh2000.net/score/orchbrah/?

   /Mats


Karen Barrett wrote:
> There are so many questions, & probably some I'm not aware of, so if you 
> know how to do the above, please let me know.  I would very much like to 
> download the Brahms piano concerto #1 in Dm Op 15 --
>      Installation -- for "root directory", is <C:/DRIVERS> OK?
>          For "default text file type", my internet subscription service 
> (Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL)) says I can't use UNIX because 
> it won't work with MS Windows and DOS would seem potentially problematic 
> for MS XP Professional Windows.  So - what to do here?
>         On "local package directory" -- which one's appropriate for me?  
> Why would I need all that stuff?  Is "current" right? what would work here?
>         Shouldd I choose "direct connection"?
>         For download site -- which one works?  I didn't choose sites 
> with ftp because I wondered about a UNIX connection.  http sites were 
> immediately regurgigated by this monster.
>        On one of my trips on this "merry"-go-round, 6 folders named bin, 
> etc, lib, tmp, usr and var appeared on my desktop along with 3 more 
> Cygwin icons -- 1) dimensions 72 x 72 6.85KB, on dbl right click it made 
> a blank window with a Cygwin icon in the middle and a little toolbar row 
> on the bottom; 2) on double right click, this one flashed very quickly 
> off; 3) "type MS-DOS Batch File Size: 95 bytes A right click produced 
> properties, general, compatibility tabs.  I followed the compatibility 
> instructions for windows and wound up with the plethora of sites from 
> which to choose "get software from".  which one?
>           So, if you would send me directions applicable to my situation 
> to install, download and use this lilypond/cygwin software that any 
> dummy such as moi could use, I would much appreciate it.  thank you
>
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