Re: Installation, Windows95

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

C. J. Evans writes:

> Is there anything else that needs to be done?

No.

> I ask this because most of the downloaded files are of type .tar.bz2

Yes.

> Do they all need to be extracted

Yes.

> (and if so, do I use the default locations suggested by WinRAR)

No.

> or has the setup program already extracted the ones that are needed
> by lilypond?

Yes.

> I doubt that, because a file search fails to locate latex.exe or
> pdflatex.exe When the archive in tetex-bin is extracted, there is a file
> called latex.exe, but it (and a few other .exe files) contains zero bytes.

Yes.  Those are symbolic links, or symlinks for short.

> Does this indicate something wrong with the archive at the uk mirror site?

No.

> On double-clicking a .ly file a window opens but closes again before it is
> possible to see if any error messages have been printed. No .pdf or .log
> file are created.

Could you please rerun setup, or send a proper bug report using
bug-lilypond-cygwin script?

> I would be grateful for any tips,

There may be some tips in the archives of this list.

Greetings,
Jan.

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