Re: LilyPond error: ps2pdf not found

[Mats Bengtsson]

The documentation for the options of convert-ly is slightly
unclear. Try to remove the '=' in the -f option:
convert-ly -e -f 1.6.8 `find . -name '*.ly' -print`

  /Mats

P Scott Horne wrote:
> Thanks for your help.  I succeeded in installing ghostscript and was able to
> build a sample LilyPond file.
>
> Unfortunately, now I am experiencing another problem.  I wish to update some
> old LilyPond files that I prepared with version 1.6.8.  (They cannot even be
> built as they stand because they violate the syntax of the latest version.)
> I tried running
>
>         $ convert-ly -e -f=1.6.8 `find . -name '*.ly' -print`
>
> and got the following error message:
>
>         Traceback (most recent call last):
>           File "/usr/bin/convert-ly", line 2199, in ?
>             from_version = str_to_tuple (a)
>           File "/usr/bin/convert-ly", line 91, in str_to_tuple
>             return tuple (map (string.atoi, string.split (s,'.')))
>           File "/usr/lib/python2.3/string.py", line 220, in atoi
>             return _int(s, base)
>         ValueError: invalid literal for int(): =1
>
> The same thing happened when I tried running  convert-ly  with a single
> file.  I was, however, able to run it with no files (using such options
> s  -s  and  -h),  so it does at least do something.
>
> Any suggestions?  Does this look like a problem with  convert-ly  or a
> defect in my  .ly  files? or perhaps another problem with installation?
>
> Again, this is with Lilypond 2.2.5 for Windows.
>
> Scott Horne
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mats Bengtsson [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: 6 septembre 2004 06:01
> > To: P Scott Horne
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: Re: LilyPond error: ps2pdf not found
> >
> >
> > Just rerun setup.exe once more and make sure that the
> > package ghostscript is selected (it should be by default
> > if you install LilyPond, but sometimes it seems to fail).
> >
> >    /Mats
> >
> > P Scott Horne wrote:
> >
> > > I have just installed the latest version of LilyPond for
> >
> > Windows from your
> >
> > > Web site.  When I tried to run the test ('test.ly'), I got an
> >
> > error message:
> >
> > > "ps2pdf not found".  How can I obtain and install this missing utility?
> > >
> > > For your reference, I have attached a copy of the log file.
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance for your assistance.
> > >
> > > Scott Horne
> > >
> > >
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        Royal Institute of Technology
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        Sweden
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