Re: ubuntu package

[Jonathan Kulp]

David,

There's an uninstall script that's included with every installation of 
lilypond.  Since Ubuntu Studio comes with it already installed, you 
would not have seen the message that appears upon installation showing 
you how to uninstall.  I think it *is* important to uninstall the old 
one.  If, after using the development branch you decide you'd rather use 
the stable version, you can easily revert.  I just uninstalled my copy 
of lilypond so I could copy the terminal info for you to see.  Then I'll 
install it again :)

First, type the command for uninstall.  It'll ask you to press enter to 
proceed.

address@hidden:~$ sudo /usr/local//bin/uninstall-lilypond
[sudo] password for jon:
About to remove a lilypond installation from /usr/local/lilypond
Press ^C to abort, Enter to proceed

Ok it's now allegedly uninstalled, but I want to be sure so I type 
"lilypond" and it says "command not found" meaning it's uninstalled.

address@hidden:~$ lilypond
The program 'lilypond' is currently not installed.  You can install it 
by typing:
sudo apt-get install lilypond
bash: lilypond: command not found
address@hidden:~$ lilypond

Now, to install the new version, download the install script 
(http://lilypond.org/web/install/) to your desktop and run the 
following.  Keep in mind that you can tab-complete the lilypond script 
filename to avoid mistakes, so if you just type "sudo sh lil[tab] it 
should complete the rest of the name for you (unless you have a bunch of 
other stuff on the desktop starting with "lil").

cd ~/Desktop
address@hidden:~/Desktop$ sudo sh lilypond-2.11.56-1.linux-x86.sh

LilyPond installer for version 2.11.56 release 1.
Use --help for help


You're about to install lilypond in /usr/local/lilypond/
A script in /usr/local/bin/ will be created as a shortcut.

Press ^C to abort, or Enter to proceed

Making /usr/local/lilypond/
Creating script /usr/local/bin/lilypond
Creating script /usr/local/bin/lilypond-wrapper.python
Creating script /usr/local/bin/lilypond-wrapper.guile
Creating script /usr/local/bin/uninstall-lilypond
Untarring lilypond-2.11.56-1.linux-x86.sh
To uninstall lilypond, run

    /usr/local//bin/uninstall-lilypond


For license and warranty information, consult

    /usr/local/lilypond/license/README


Copy this last bit to a text file and save it somewhere b/c it's easy to 
forget how to run the uninstall script.  Now to be sure it's really 
installed I type lilypond --version to get the version info.  If it 
appears, then the installation was successful:

address@hidden:~/Desktop$ lilypond --version
GNU LilyPond 2.11.56

Copyright (c) 1996--2007 by
  Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden>
  Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden>
  and others.

This program is free software.  It is covered by the GNU General Public
License and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it
under certain conditions.  Invoke as `lilypond --warranty' for more
information.

address@hidden:~/Desktop$

Good luck with your migration from Windows!

Jon

David Stocker wrote:
> I think I'll give this a try. What I'm most concerned about is this: 
> Someone has prepared a flavor of Ubuntu (Ubuntu Studio) with all kinds 
> of audio/video/graphics applications pre-installed and integrated with 
> the OS, thus sparing me the need to download and learn to configure most 
> of the programs I foresee using in the near future. Amongst the programs 
> this individual or group of individuals has thought to include is 
> LilyPond 2.10.33. Thus, I have been allowed to become lazy about 
> learning how to install programs on the GNU/Linux platform (keep in 
> mind, I'm a recovering Windows user).
>
> What I want to do is install the latest version of LilyPond, but I'm 
> unsure how or if I should remove LilyPond 2.10.33. Since I like LilyPond 
> so much (despite my lack of knowledge concerning markup languages and 
> programming), I'd prefer to avoid fouling up the installation of the new 
> version.
>
> How do I go about removing 2.10.33 (if that's even necessary) before 
> installing the latest development version. Path$ and Directorie$ are new 
> to me because ever since I have  used a computer, I have never had to 
> deal with such weighty decisions (BTW, if anyone knows of an online 
> "self-help" or "twelve-step prgram"-type resource to help recovering 
> Windows users learn how to install programs in GNU/Linux, please pass 
> them along--I'm not really 'lazy,' I just want to avoid messing things up).
>
> Suffice it to say that I proceed with caution in areas like this. 
> Because of my limited knowledge, I want to make sure that I'm making no 
> assumptions.
>
> Thanks in advance for any insight imparted here,
>
> Dave
>
> Paul Scott wrote:
> > notesetter wrote:
> >  
> > > Is there an Ubuntu package for LilyPond? Suppose I'm using LilyPond 
> > > 2.10.33
> > > and want to upgrade to the latest (development) branch. Is there a 
> > > "software
> > > source" I can type in and then have the latest version downloaded and
> > > installed via synaptic?
> > >       
> > The GUB's on this page are trivial to install on any LInux system: 
> > http://lilypond.org/web/install/#2.11
> >
> > I run them on Debian which as you know is the base for Ubuntu.
> >
> > Paul Scott
> >
> >
> >   
>
>
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