I tried your suggestions and got this. Mandrake 10.0

[Sarah Cordish]

Do I need to reinstall lilypond?  What went wrong?
Sarah
This is what I got:

address@hidden sarah]$ su
Password:
address@hidden lib]# cd /usr/lib/
address@hidden lib]# ln -s libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14-v-1.0.0 
libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14-v-1.so
ln: `libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14-v-1.so': File exists
address@hidden lib]# lilypond -V lily.ly
lilypond (GNU LilyPond) 2.2.6
Opening pipe `/usr/bin/lilypond-bin --version '
Opening pipe `kpsexpand \$TEXMF'
Opening pipe `kpsewhich -expand-path=\$T1FONTS'
Invoking `/usr/bin/lilypond-bin  -I /usr/lib -I /usr/lib -I /usr/lib -H 
dedication -H title -H subtitle -H subsubtitle -H footer -H head -H composer 
-H arranger -H instrument -H opus -H piece -H metre -H meter -H poet -H 
texttranslator -H textheight -H fontencoding -H inputencoding -H language -H 
latexpackages -H papersize -H pagenumber -H latexheaders -H latexoptions -H 
linewidth -H unit -H orientation --verbose lily'
lilypond_datadir: `/usr/share/lilypond'
local_lilypond_datadir: `/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6'
localedir: `/usr/share/locale'
LILYPONDPREFIX: `'

/usr/share/guile/1.6/srfi/srfi-13.scm:159:1: In procedure dynamic-link in 
expression (load-extension "libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14-v-1" 
"scm_init_srfi_13"):
/usr/share/guile/1.6/srfi/srfi-13.scm:159:1: file: 
"libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14-v-1", message: "libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14-v-1.so: 
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
lilypond: warning: `lilypond-bin' failed (status 2) (ignored)


lilypond: error: LilyPond failed on input file lily (exit status 2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/lilypond", line 873, in ?
    run_lilypond (files, dep_prefix)
  File "/usr/bin/lilypond", line 296, in run_lilypond
    ly.exit (status)
  File "/usr/share/lilypond/2.2.6/python/lilylib.py", line 130, in exit
    raise _ ('Exiting (%d)...') % i
Exiting (512)...
Cleaning /root/tmp/tmpiIVasClilypond...
address@hidden lib]#