Stable installation

[RBastianTex]

> Hello,
> 
> I renewed my subscription on the mailing lists for lilypond ("help" &
> "discuss").  My first attempt was in 1999 (?) but an update of the 
> installation
> of lilypond did damage the feta-fonts. 
> My English was too bad, so I could not ask for help.
> Since 1999 I studied a bit English and Python.
> 
> Now I installed the stable version 1.2.17 (4.3.2001) and downloaded, I
> suppose, the newest doc (the ps-zipped file).
> 
> The actual version (1.3.--) has much more features, (e.g. embedded
> PostScript : handy for writing the music of XXth century).  But I fear
> that my "stable" version will be damaged if I try to update.  How to
> install two completely separate versions ? Or update without the
> same problems I encountered in 1999 ?
> 
> I think that some PATHes are wrong : the feta-fonts and some
> config-files (lilyponddefs ...) must be in the working
> directory (I use a SuSE 6.1 distrib).
>
> My English is always poor, ... 
> 
> René Bastian
> 1 rue du Presbytère
> F 67160 Wissembourg (France)