Re: Ubuntu can't find lilypond executable

[Francisco Vila]

2009/1/19 Bertalan Fodor (LilyPondTool) <address@hidden>:
> I tried to install LilyPond 2.12 on an Ubuntu machine. I found a very
> strange thing I couldn't explain, and couldn't solve.
> I used the script to install:
>
> sudo sh lilypond-X.Y.Z.linux-x86.sh

I hope this is not the exact command you issued.
>
> Then I try to run lilypond:
> lilypond test.ly
>
> and I get:
>
> exec: 4: /usr/local//lilypond/usr/bin/lilypond: not found

What's the output of "whereis lilypond" ?

>
> But the file is actually there:
>
> stat /usr/local//lilypond/usr/bin/lilypond
>
> File: `/usr/local//lilypond/usr/bin/lilypond'

Did you have the lilypond package previously installed from the
standard repositories?

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