RE: LilyPond 2.6.4-5 installation

[Mats Bengtsson]

The problem has been solved and fixed in the latest versions available
at the download page. See the mailing list archives for details.

  /Mats

Quoting Fairchild <address@hidden>:

> A thought (insight?) that may explain the 'strange' need for putting Lily
> directories at the end of the path.
>
> Windows (DOS) looks for files in 'path' order.  Possibly there is a file
> name in the Lily stuff duplicating something Windows looks for.  Thus, with
> Lily directories early in the path, Windows finds the Lily file and doesn't
> like it.
>
> If this theory is correct, it may cause Lily to find the Windows version
> when Lily directories are at the end of the path.
>
> Lacking a more credible explanation, I suggest searching for a file name
> duplicated on the path.  I don't know a simple way to do such a search.
>
>                           - Bruce
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Brian Haddon
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 4:02 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: LilyPond 2.6.4-5 installation
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> Mats Bengtsson <mats.bengtsson <at> s3.kth.se> writes:
>
>
> > The solution was to Right click on My Computer, select Properties ->
> > Advanced -> Environment Variables, edit the System variable PATH and
> > move C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\bin; to the end of the list. Then,
> > the PATH worked correctly.
>
>
>
> Ok, moving "C:\Program Files\LilyPond\usr\bin" to the end of the PATH list
> works; I have LilyPond 2.6.4-5 running, the Python scripts work, and Windows
> is not complaining about missing system files/virus scanners.
>
> Thanks for the solution!
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