Re: lilypond 2.16.2 failing to install on ubuntu 12.10

[SoundsFromSound]

+1 for Frescobaldi. It should be in your repo, though I'm not sure it's the
most recent version. 

Welcome to the community!

Ben

Link --> http://frescobaldi.org/


Colin Campbell-8 wrote
> On 11/12/2013 07:11 PM, JordanB. wrote:
>> I would appreciate any help in this matter:
>>
>> I was able to download lilypond, and ran sh lilypond-2.16.2-OS-TYPE.sh in
>> the shell. The bin directory was created, and and the 12 shell script
>> files
>> (lilypond, lilypond-wrapper, etc.). That's it, however. How do I run
>> lilypond from this point? Am I missing something obvious? I'm kind of a
>> newbie to linux, so I wouldn't be surprised if I was.
>> Thanks!
>>
> 
> On Linux, you can run lilypond from a terminal (shell). To verify that 
> lilypond was installed, you just enter "lilypond -v" without the quotes. 
> The result should be confirmation that the program was findable by 
> linux. You can then compile your lilypond source files by entering, e.g. 
> lilypond foo.ly, which would process a lilypond file named foo and 
> produce a .PDF of the result. Much more comfortable to those coming from 
> more gui-centric systems, would be to install a package such as 
> Frescobaldi (my lilypond editor of choice) or one of the others 
> mentioned on our website, under "Easier Editing". These editors can call 
> lilypond for you, without you needing a terminal shell. The rest of the 
> website, particularly the Learning Manual, will greatly repay the time 
> spent in reviewing and working through examples, as well
> 
> Finally, welcome to the LilyPond community! When all else fails, feel 
> free to come back here with the smallest example which shows a problem, 
> and we'll see what we can do with it.
> 
> Cheers,
> Colin
> -- 
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> - attributed to L. Pacioli (1445 - 1517)
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