Re: install on shared host without root access?

[Henning Hraban Ramm]

Am 2010-07-02 um 04:14 schrieb Vijith Assar:

> I'm trying to install LilyPond on my cheap shared server account so I
> can use the MediaWiki extension. I've changed the LilyPond location
> called by MediaWiki by using the $wgLilypond variable as described in
> the extension's documentation such that LilyPond now resides in my
> home directory. This should be fine according to what I've read, but
> the host is still telling me I need a more expensive plan which allows
> root access in order to get it working.
>
> I get the following error when I try to render LilyPond notation in
> MediaWiki (though with any number of different absolute or relative
> URLs, since I've tried all the possible permutations):
>
> LilyPond error:
> sh: /lilypond/lilypond: No such file or directory
>
> What am I doing wrong? Is my host correct in stating that root access
> is required?


/lilypond must be wrong, must be /home/you/lilypond or the like

- where did you install LilyPond?
- to what value did you set $wgLilypond? (I guess you need the  
absolute path)
- does LilyPond run in the shell? (I don't think you can make it work  
without shell access)

I don't know anything about the MediaWiki extension, though.


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