Re: Installing 2.12

[David Raleigh Arnold]

On Friday 13 February 2009, Ralph Palmer wrote:
> Hi -
> 
> I'm now a re-newbie, sort of. I just took the plunge into Linux, from 
WinXP,
> and I've run into a difficulty.
> 
> I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) on a laptop. Using Synaptic, I 
was
> able to install LilyPond 2.10 (I don't remember the release number). I
> downloaded 2.12.2-1 from the LilyPond website, and it's sitting on my
> desktop. I uninstalled 2.10, but I can't figure out how to install 
2.12 from
> the desktop file (*lilypond-2.12.2-1,linux-x86.sh*).

You need to make lilypond-2.12.2-1,linux-x86.sh
executable:  

$ chmod +x lily....sh

And then to execute it.

Unlike windows, your current directory is probably not in the path, so 
to execute you need the path to the current directory, which is ".\"
If it is in the path, no harm done:

$ .\lily....sh

Hope this helps.

Installing it in your home directory and Not installing it as root has 
the advantage of not having to mess
with configuration of synaptic or aptitude or whatever, in case you want 
to install a version from your distribution instead of what's on the
lilypond site. That may be a good idea when the release catches
up, after a decent interval. ;-) Regards, daveA

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