RE: Problems installing Version 2.19.49 on Windows 10

[Joseph N. Srednicki]

Gentlemen:

Thanks for your advice. 

I resolved the situation.

I uninstalled both Frescobaldi and Lilypond. I searched for any extraneous 
Lilypond files on my hard drive, temp folder, download folders, and other 
obvious locations and deleted them. I searched and then made sure that my 
computer contained no files related to Frescobaldi and Lilypond.

I reinstalled Lilypond 2.19.49 and Frescobaldi and things are working well. I 
cannot pinpoint exactly where things went wrong.

I start the uninstall and reinstall process because Lilypond was taking a 
relatively long time to compile music. I have a fast computer (I7 processor; 
SSD; 16 GB RAM) I received some Windows updates over night that may have 
contributed to solving the issue. 

Thanks again.

Joe Srednicki

-----Original Message-----
From: David Wright [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 10:02 AM
To: Pierre Perol-Schneider <address@hidden>
Cc: Joseph N. Srednicki <address@hidden>; lilypond-user <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: Problems installing Version 2.19.49 on Windows 10

On Thu 20 Oct 2016 at 11:28:08 (+0200), Pierre Perol-Schneider wrote:
> Hi Joe,
> 
> Try this:

This doesn't seem very good advice to me.

> - go to C:\Program Files (x86)

... and mess around with installed program files? How does that interact with 
your ability to use the "Add or remove programs"
facility if you've been juggling filenames?

> - rename the v2.18 LP file (e.g. ..\LilyPond 2.18.2)

... and that changes one instance of LP, without even explicitly checking that 
what you're renaming *is* actually a 2.18.2 version and not something else.

BTW Does your use of '..\LilyPond 2.18.2' mean that you want the OP to move 
this executable into its parent directory, ie C:\ ?

> - run LP

Well, the OP says they typed 'lilypond -v' which means they're at the mercy of 
their PATH as to which version of LP is found first, and run.

Better advice would be to use the Search facility to see just how many LP 
programs there are on the system, where they are, and then execute the desired 
one by giving its path:

C:\Users\Owner> path\to\lilypond -v

As it's possible and reasonable to install multiple versions of LP at the same 
time, typing the path (or setting up aliased commands to do
that) is a good habit to get into.

Naturally, I don't know whether the OP is more challenged by LP's installation 
process or the concept and implementation of PATH in Windows (with which I'm 
not particularly familiar).

> 2016-10-20 1:49 GMT+02:00 Joseph N. Srednicki <address@hidden>:
> 
> > Hello:
> > I am having issues installing version 2.19.49 on Windows 10.
> > I repeated the installation twice and received the same results.
> > I followed these steps:
> >
> > 1.       Uninstall the previous version.
> >
> > 2.       Download lilypond-2.19.49-1.mingw.exe.
> >
> > 3.       Click lilypond-2.19.49-1.mingw.exe and follow the prompts.
> >
> > The installation process appears to operate normally. I don’t see 
> > any errors during the process.
> >
> > 4.       Restart the computer.
> >
> > 5.       Open a command prompt and enter the following:
> >
> > C:\Users\Owner>lilypond -v
> >
> > GNU LilyPond 2.18.2 …
> >
> > Is it possible that the EXE is mislabeled or what am I doing incorrectly?

Cheers,
David.