Re: Permission-denied error while using Lilypond 2.12 with MikTeX

[Mats Bengtsson]

Quoting Ambareesh Pandit <address@hidden>:

> I am attempting to use LilyPond in Windows XP with MikTeX but am getting the
> following error:
>
> C:/Program
> Files/LilyPond/usr/share/lilypond/current/scm/backend-library.scm:115:15: In
> procedure delete-file in expression (delete-file pdf-name):

This looks as if you already have the PDF file open in Acrobat. 
Unfortunately, you have to close the file in Acrobat before you can 
rerun LilyPond to update the file. It this is the problem, then it has 
nothing to do with MikTeX.

   /Mats


> C:/Program
> Files/LilyPond/usr/share/lilypond/current/scm/backend-library.scm:115:15:
> Permission denied
>
>
> Below are the steps I took within MikTeX to get to this point.
>
> 1. Edit -> Preferences -> Typesetting tab
>
> 2. Clicked "+" within the "Path for TeX and related Programs" section.
>
> 3. Navigated LilyPond installation's bin directory and hit ok.
>
> 4. Clicked "+" within "Processing Tools" section.
>
> 5. Added values below to text fields and hit ok.
>
>
> Name: LilyPond
>
> Program: lilypond.exe
>
> Arguments: $fullname
>
>
> After this I open my *.ly file, select "LilyPond" in the dropdown box next
> to the Play button in MikTeX, and get the error I have pasted above.  Has
> anyone been able to successfully use LilyPond in MikTeX?  Does anyone know
> what the message above means or how to get around it?
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Ambareesh Pandit