Re: Error when compiling

[Jean Abou Samra]

Le 04/03/2022 à 01:47, Giulio Simão a écrit :
> Hi. First of all, sorry if this is an inappropriate message. I was 
> just unsure as to where or how I should look for a solution for this 
> problem.
>
> Today I tried using lilypond after a few months, during which time my 
> computer updated its software several times. I'm still unsure as to 
> whether this has anything to do with me messing with the lilypond 
> extensions I had installed for VSCode.
>
> Whenever I try to compile a file that's not completely comprised of 
> zero-duration scores, the compiler returns the following error:
>
> ```
> warning: `(gs -q -dNODISPLAY -dNOSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH 
> -dAutoRotatePages=/None -dPrinted=false /tmp/lilypond-tmp-7929292)' 
> failed (256)
>
> fatal error: failed files: "example.ly"
>
> ```
>
> I'd very much appreciate if I could get some help in solving this 
> problem.
>
> Att.



In the past, that has happened because people used the path
/.../usr/bin/lilypond instead of /.../bin/lilypond. The latter
is a shell script that sets an environment variable relevant
for GhostScript.

Best,
Jean