Re: ERROR: Unable to find file "ice-9/boot-9.scm" in load path

[Phil Holmes]

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From: "Jacek Gajek" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 4:16 PM
Subject: ERROR: Unable to find file "ice-9/boot-9.scm" in load path


> Hello, I encounter the following output, no matter how do I try to use
> lilypond from cmd.
> "lilypond-windows" drag&drop works, but I want to generate an image
> file (e.g. PNG) so I cannot use it.
> What I want to include inline sheet music in a latex document. Not
> interested in typing notes directly in
> latex. I prefer to have them rendered in PNG files and rebuild and
> include when necessary.
>
> C:\Users\Jacek\Desktop\test>lilypond "test.ly"
> GNU LilyPond 2.12.3
> programming error: cannot find absolute argv0
> continuing, cross fingers
> ERROR: In procedure primitive-load-path:
> ERROR: Unable to find file "ice-9/boot-9.scm" in load path
>
> I have found a lot of posts with the same problem with solutions, but
> I am confused what should I actually DO to get it working.
> Could you provide me instructions step-by-step what should I do? I
> mean, sth like this: click here, type this, press enter.
> I have tried it for 3 hours, so I am not a give-me-the-codez guy.
>
> Thanks in advance,


A couple of questions: what do you get when you just type "lilypond" 
(without the quote marks) on the command line?  What's in your PATH 
statement?

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Phil Holmes