Re: anyone got lilypond 2.16.2 to work on Windows Vista?

[Robert Honore]

On 04/08/2013 13:41, Phil Holmes wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Honore"
> <address@hidden>
>
> OK - this is what I get part way through my lilypond verbose output:
>
> Initializing FontConfig...
> Adding font directory: C:/Program Files
> (x86)/LilyPondV2.16.2/usr/share/lilypond/current/fonts/otf
> Building font database...
>
> Processing `craptastic-1.ly'
> Parsing...
>
> And it then completes successfully.
>
> Could you repeat telling the sequence of events that got you to this
> situation?  I think you had 2.12.3 working OK, but then tried to upgrade
> to 2.16.2 and have never been able to get it to work since?  Could you
> have made any other changes?   (Added fonts, etc.)?
>
> If it was my machine, I think  I'd a) undelete all versions of LilyPond,
> b) get rid of the lilypond entry you have in path, c) delete any
> lilypond directories in C:/Program Files/ and then try a fresh install,
> and try a run from the command line with the current working directory
> as /LilyDir/usr/bin.
>
> I'm also slightly suspicious of where Lily is installed.  By default, a
> 64 bit install should place it with the 32 bit files in C:/Program Files
> (x86)/

Mine never seems to make it to the line that says "Processing 
'craptastic-1.ly'".  Not even if I let it run for more than an hour.

> Could you repeat telling the sequence of events that got you to this
> situation?

I started with a working instance of LilyPond 2.12.3 installed.  I 
decided to install the latest version of LilyPond, which was 2.16.2, 
since I hadn't updated my LilyPond for some years.

I did make the error initially, of trying to install directly over the 
existing installation of LilyPond, but the installer gave me the message 
that I should uninstall the existing LilyPond prior to installing the 
new version.  I aborted the installation and uninstalled the old one. 
The installation of 2.16.2 then appeared to proceed without incident. 
Since then, I have not been able to get LilyPond (any version) to work 
on my machine.

I did not make any other changes, like adding fonts.  I did attempt to 
install Frescobaldi, the installation of which seemed to proceed without 
problem, and which appears to have produced a working (modulo LilyPond) 
Frescobaldi.  Since then, thinking I might not have a coherent system 
configuration, I restored a system restore point from 2013-Jul-25, a 
date preceding any of my activity involving LilyPond 2.16.2.  I have 
still not been able to get a working LilyPond since.

> If it was my machine, I think  I'd a) undelete all versions of LilyPond,
> b) get rid of the lilypond entry you have in path, c) delete any
> lilypond directories in C:/Program Files/ and then try a fresh install...

When I noticed that uninstalling LilyPond still leaves c:\Program 
Files\lilypond in place, I deleted that directory prior to attempting a 
new installation of LilyPond.  Also, another user informed me that 
keeping the old font directory in c:\users\robert around could also be a 
problem, so I delete it (I only found one, though) too.

I shall try what you suggest about the path environment variables and 
see if it helps.

What you say about 64-bit probably does not apply to my machine, as the 
operating system reports that it is a 32-bit system, even though the 
processor is indeed a 64-bit AMD processor.  Should I double check?

Yours sincerely,
Robert Honoré.