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Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases
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Cameron Horsburgh |
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Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases |
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Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:41:15 +1000 |
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Luise Marion Frenkel wrote:
>
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Cameron Horsburgh wrote:
>
>>> I just don't know why in a root shell I get
>>>
>>> address@hidden:~# lilypond -v
>>> bash: /usr/bin/lilypond: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> but it does not matter.
>>>
>> Hmm, it seems your system needs a bit of a clean! I'm glad to see it's
>> working though.
>>
>> If you were having trouble with the lilypond executable, you may also
>> run into the same trouble with the other scripts, such as convert-ly and
>> lilypond-book. Try, for example, 'convert-ly --version' and 'which -a
>> convert-ly' and see what happens. If you need any advice, please ask!
>
> I think I need a new Linux, but I cannot change this on my own. To have
> a Debian based Linux that mixed from the beginning stable and testing
> proved to be a very bad idea. I try to keep it as clean as possible with
> little success.
>
> You were right, and I had remaining convert-ly, lilypond-book and
> lilypond-latex from 2.4.0. Removing the old ones and installing again
> 2.8.1 I now have:
> convert-ly : works only in a root shell, where it is version 2.8.1 and
> works as expected. In a user shell it gives:
> address@hidden:~$ convert-ly --version
> bash: /usr/bin/convert-ly: No such file or directory
>
> lilypond-book : works in root shell and user shell, version 2.8.1
>
> lilypond: works in user shell but not in root shell, where it gives the
> same error as with convert-ly
>
> Well, I can live with this very well, and these problems do not seem
> Lilypond related.
>
> I am happy for coming so far, and thank you for it.
>
> Luise.
>
>> Cameron
>>
>
>
Ah. Try running the installation again. The files you removed were
probably links to the new executables. Try running 'uninstall-lilypond'
and then run the installer again. Everything should work properly.
I don't understand why root could run these but an ordinary user can't.
What's the output of this command (run as both root and ordinary user):
echo $PATH
Cam
- Installing 2.8 after many other releases, Luise Marion Frenkel, 2006/04/12
- Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases, Cameron Horsburgh, 2006/04/12
- Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases, Luise Marion Frenkel, 2006/04/12
- Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases, Cameron Horsburgh, 2006/04/12
- Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases, Luise Marion Frenkel, 2006/04/12
- Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases, josiah boothby, 2006/04/12
- Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases, Mats Bengtsson, 2006/04/12
- Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases, josiah boothby, 2006/04/12
- Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases, Pedro Kröger, 2006/04/12
- Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases, Luise Marion Frenkel, 2006/04/13
- Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases,
Cameron Horsburgh <=
- Re: Installing 2.8 after many other releases, Chris Leyon, 2006/04/12