Re: another newbie download problem

[Jonathan Kulp]

Pierre Russell Straddler wrote:
> Francisco Vila <paconet.org <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> > 2008/12/8 Pierre Russell Straddler <pleaseandthankingyou <at> gmail.com>:
> > > the cd ~/Desktop
> > > sudo lilypond-2.10.33.-1.linux-x86.sh
> > >
> > > still didn't work.  I get the error
> > >
> > > "Can't open lilypond-2.10.33.-1.linux-x86.sh"
> > Those filenames plenty of dashes and dots are almost impossible to
> > type correctly, please do the following:
> >
> > - forget 2.10 and download 2.11.65, the latest candidate to stable release.
> > - when gedit tries to open it, choose "save file" instead just like
> > you did before.
> > - move to where the file is and type
> > sudo sh lilyp
> > then press the [TAB] key. This should auto-complete the filename. If
> > it is not fully auto-completed (maybe because you still have 2.10 in
> > the directory), it should stop at lilypond-2.1, then just write
> > another '1' and press TAB again.
>
> excellent.  I believe it worked...  Yaaay!  Thank you.  But because I am new to
> linux, I am looking for an "icon" to double click, and sadly am not finding it.
>  I can see it in the /usr/local/bin...it's there with a number of other
> obviously lilypond related documents.
>
> does lilypond need to be opened from the terminal (shell?)--and if so, uh, how
> do you do that again?
>
> (newbie.)
>
> thank you!
>
> Pierre Russell Straddler

Yes, on Linux you run Lilypond from the command line.  You don't really 
"open" it, though, you just compile plain text files with it like so:

address@hidden:~$ lilypond filename.ly

(where lilypond is the command and filename.ly is your source file)

To make sure it's installed correctly you can type the following:

lilypond --version

If it's installed properly then you should get a message saying which 
version is installed and that Lilypond is free software, etc.

What you should do next is go carefully through the Tutorial in the 
Learning Manual for version 2.11.65 (even if you're running 2.10.33, use 
the newer documentation as it's much better) here:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/Documentation/user/lilypond-learning/index

This will get you going quickly enough.  Good luck,

Jon
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