Re: lilypond 2.4.4 package on suse 9.3: dvips problem

[Graham Percival]

On 3-Jun-05, at 5:27 PM, Robert Memering wrote:
> Ok, it's just a matter of (mis-)configuration, then? Maybe, but
> I'm so tired of wasting my time searching archives, trying
> hundreds of promising "solutions" and still getting no results.
> Why do the Windows and Mac people always get "standalone installers"
> and "all-in-one-packages", while Unix/Linux users have to become
> experts to get their software running?

There's a new   installers/linux/   directory in CVS.  If you wait a few
weeks, you'll probably get an "all-in-one-package".

>  This is the lilypond-*user*
> list and all the people are discussing kpathsea and mftrace
> internals that a decent, ordinary person would call Black Magic.

People are running the -devel version (2.5.x).  This sometimes
requires Black Magic.

> I would be very grateful for any help.

I don't know any Black Magic.  You might have tried this
already, but I'd give 2.5.x a try.  Hey, the worst that can happen
is that it fails, right?  You could try the redhat rpm, but I'd go 
straight
to the source tarball.  Follow the instructions in the INSTALL
directory, and if anything goes wrong, post here again.

- Graham