Re: simple install question perhaps?

[Walter Hofmeister]

On 12/19/04 10:52 AM, "Josh Roseman" <address@hidden> wrote:

Greetings!
Quick newbie-install question, any input would be greatly appreciated:

My lilypad installation seems to have went well, went with the binary (stable) v.2.2.5 for Mac OSX 10.3.6,  hope that's correct.
got various confirmations in the FINK commander:

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@@@ Installation Complete.
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@@@ Start a NEW shell to get the correct lilypond environment settings.
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* GNU LilyPond: (lilypond).           The GNU music typesetter.
install-info(/sw/share/info/lilypond.info): creating new section `GNU music project'
* GNU LilyPond program-reference: (lilypond-internals). LilyPond
 program-reference.
* Glossary: (lilypond/music-glossary). Glossary of music terms.

I'm an absolute UNIX newbie,   
wasn't sure how to start a new shell to set the environment as above,  
couldn't find the info on that
Skipped this step,  tried doing the output test as per the tutorial, using the OSX terminal and a text editor-  
had problems, as follows:


$ lilypond test
lilypond (GNU LilyPond) 2.2.5
Running lilypond-bin...
warning: can't find file: `test'

lilypond: warning: no LilyPond output found for `test'
Running ...
Running dvips...lilypond: error: `dvips' failed (status 1)
lilypond: error: The error log is as follows:
This is dvips(k) 5.92b Copyright 2002 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
dvips: ! DVI file can't be opened.
lilypond: warning: Failed to make PS file. Rerun with --verbose for a trace.

Basically, I'm not sure what directory should be used for saved  .ly  text files, not certain if additional steps need to be performed...
Probably this is an easy question... thanks for taking the time-  looks like an exciting software package an' I wanna play with it, hopefully reformat some of my compositions...

allbest
Josh Roseman
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Hi Josh,
    All you need to do to start a new shell is type “command-n”. Or take a trip to the file menu and choose “New shell”. This basically opens a new terminal window and re-reads all of the environment variables that might have changed due to your new installation.
    When I am working on a file I create a new folder to store the files for that project. This prevents one directory being polluted with a lot of output files generated by other projects.
    Next I cd to that directory. This can be done by simply typing in the path into the terminal, but if you are new to this stuff try this: type cd (followed by a space) into the terminal window, then click your mouse outside of the terminal window to switch to the Finder. Open a new window (command n) and navigate to the folder you created for your project. Drag this folder to the terminal window and the path to that folder will automatically appear in the terminal window. Click back on the terminal window to switch to the Terminal application. Hit return and you will be there. Then type “ls” to list the directory, the name of your .ly file should appear in the terminal. Type “lilypond yourfile.ly” where yourfile.ly should be replaced with the name you gave your file. Some stuff should appear in the terminal indicating that lilypond is working. When you get back to the prompt, switch to your viewing application (Acrobat Reader or whatever) and open the .pdf file that lilypond spit out. You are in business. If this does not work. Try logging out and back in again. Sometimes this fixes weird stuff that doesn’t seem to work normally. Good luck.

Walter Hofmeister