Re: Incorrect Lilypond version

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:02:31 -0800 (PST)
hsweet <address@hidden> wrote:

> 
> Hi all...
> 
> I've installed what I think should be Lilypond 2.12 every way I can dream
> up, the installation messages say it's installing 2.12. but lilypond -v
> still thinks it 2.10.33.
> 
> This is on a machine running Ubuntu 9.10.
> 
> To make me more confused, I've done (what I think is) the same thing on 2
> other boxes, both of which are reporting the correct version.
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See that /home/yourname/bin/, which is where your new
executable probably is, is in your path before /usr/bin/ .
Check it so:

$ echo $PATH

Change it with your startup shell files.  I don't know exactly
how Ubuntu does those.  Try 
$ man profile
Regards, daveA