Re: LilyPond 2.19.81 for Linux/Ubuntu

[Ben]

On 2/20/2018 4:21 PM, Ralph Palmer wrote:

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 3:44 PM, Ben <address@hidden> wrote:

On 2/20/2018 3:38 PM, Ralph Palmer wrote:

Hi -

I'm runnning Linux via Ubuntu 16.04, with Frescobaldi 2.18.1.

I just had to reinstall Linux/Ubuntu, and the latest package that's available through Frescobaldi in Ubuntu is 2.18.2, but I have a lot of files that were written in or upgraded to 2.19.80. I had previously installed 2.19.80 via the LilyPond website. That, as far as I can tell, is not currently working.

I found the website for the binaries I need, but I have no clue how to download them or run the install. I have a modicum of experience with the terminal. Could someone respond (probably off-line) to help me figure out how to download and install Ly 2.19.81?

Thanks for your help,

Ralph

Hi Ralph,

No problem. Easy peasy :) Here's what you need to do:

1) Download binary:
http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-64/
lilypond-2.19.81-1.linux-64.sh    2018-01-28 19:51     30M    

2) Install via terminal in Linux Mint/Ubuntu:

type this command -->

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sh

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lilypond-2.19.81-1.linux-64.sh

if you want to install to a certain location, just add this:

sh lilypond-2.19.81-1.linux-64.sh --prefix /home/YourHomeFolder/LilyPond/etc...whatever you want

3) Enjoy LilyPond :)

Hope this helps!

​Hi, and thanks, Ben -

I went to the download site < ​http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-64/ >, and tried to download < lilypond-2.19.81-1.linux-64.sh >. When I right-clicked on the .sh link, there was no "download" option, so I opened it in a separate tab. The browser tried to load it as a text file. I was able to right-click on the page and do a "save as", with a ".sh" extension, but when I tried to open it through terminal, it said "sh: 0: Can't open lilypond-2.19.81-1.linux-64.sh". Any suggestions? I just tried again, both in /Downloads and at my :~$ prompt, and in both cases got "sudo: ​​sh​​: command not found".

Ralph

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Ralph Palmer
Brattleboro, VT
USA
address@hidden

Ralph,

What browser are you using? There should be a download option, yes. It's also known as "save LINK as" ...
(see attached)

Once you do that, the command will work normally. :)

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