Re: Problem with finding fonts in lilypond

[Mats Bengtsson]

I would definitely recommend you to install the latest stable version,
version 2.4.x, of LilyPond instead of the development version you have
now.

I've never user Gentoo, but on most other Linux distributions,
the LilyPond installation installs a file in /etc/profile.d/ that
sets some environment variables that are needed for LilyPond to
find font files and some other files. This file isn't sourced until
you start a new shell (or maybe you even have to logout and login
again), so if you use a shell that was open before the installation,
LilyPond will not work.

   /Mats

Tazz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just installed lilypond 2.5.2 on my computer. I run linux Gentoo. I
> installed it using the gentoo portage.
> I also have tetex : 2.0.2-r1 installed.
>
> Now, when I try to get a very simple test file compiled with lilypond,
> it crashes with the message:
> Interpreting music... error: cannot find `feta20.afm'
> Music font has not been installed properly.Aborting
>
>
> I have been seeking the previous threads on this topic. It seems to be a
> path problem. However, when trying the different advices I could find,
> nothing worked. If I manually set the paths to all font directory with
> the -I option, it still crashes not finding fonts with kpathsea... so I
> suppose I need to set the link with Texmf right.. only problem I have no
> idea how to do this, I am not such an expert in TeX etc.. just know what
> is needed to use it ;-)
>
> I am running out of ideas now so I call for help.
>
> The verbose output is the following:
>
> bash-2.05b$ lilypond -V test.ly 
> GNU LilyPond 2.5.2
>
> LILYPOND_DATADIR="/usr/share/lilypond"
> LOCAL_LILYPOND_DATADIR="/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2"
> LOCALEDIR="/usr/share/locale"
> LILYPONDPREFIX=""
>
> [/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/lily-library.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/define-music-types.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/output-lib.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/c++.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/chord-ignatzek-names.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/chord-entry.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/chord-generic-names.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/stencil.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/new-markup.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/bass-figure.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/music-functions.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/part-combiner.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/define-music-properties.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/auto-beam.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/chord-name.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/ly-from-scheme.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/define-context-properties.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/translation-functions.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/script.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/midi.scm][/usr/s
hare/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/beam.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/clef.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/slur.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/font.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/encoding.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/fret-diagrams.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/define-markup-commands.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/define-grob-properties.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/define-grobs.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/define-grob-interfaces.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/page-layout.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/titling.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/paper.scm][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/scm/safe-lily.scm]Processing
 `test.ly'
> Parsing...
> [/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/declarations-init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/music-functions-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/nederlands.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/drumpitch-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/chord-modifiers-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/script-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/scale-definitions-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/grace-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/midi-init.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/performer-init.ly]][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/paper-defaults.ly[/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/titling-init.ly]][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/engraver-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/dynamic-scripts-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/spanners-init.ly][/usr/share/lilypond/2.5.2/ly/property-init.ly]][test.ly]Interpreting
>  music... error: cannot find `feta20.afm'
> Music font has not been installed properly.Aborting
>
>
> Anne
>
>
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