Federico:
Thank you very much for your help. Now I have configure frescobaldi to run v2.12.3 and v2.14.1. Now I can go back to code lilypond scores. I will soon start to play the development v2.15.1 when I have spare time. I had been using jedit in window 7, but only one version of lilypond. Now frescobaldi ubuntu provide different version of lilypond to run - an excellent software.
Thank you for the tips on terminal commands. This is my first month of using linux ubuntu. What is the difference between sh and sudo sh?
Blessing,
Ming.
From: Federico Bruni <address@hidden>
To: MING TSANG <address@hidden>
Cc: Colin Campbell <address@hidden>; address@hidden
Sent: Tue, June 14, 2011 3:11:11 PM
Subject: Re: V2.14.0 - midi volume & midi arpeggio
> Questions:
> How can I locate the full path for lilypond 2.12.3 if it still there?
>
Type in a terminal:
which -a lilypond
You'll see all the lilypond binaries **that are installed in your
path**. In order to see which directories are included in the path
variable, type in a terminal:
echo $PATH
I guess that v2.12.3 is in /usr/bin.
Please paste the output of
previous command (echo $PATH).
If I remember correctly, you missed /home/tsang/bin and there was also
some strange path.
> How to install lilypond v2.15.1? Will the install of v2.15.1 override
> v2.14.1?
You can install it as you installed v2.14.1.
It won't override the previous installation if you choose a different
path. The easiest way is installing as root:
sudo sh lilypond-2.15.1-1.linux-x86.sh
It will be installed in /usr/local
For example I have:
$ which -a lilypond
/home/fede/bin/lilypond
/usr/local/bin/lilypond
/usr/bin/lilypond
$ echo $PATH
/home/fede/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
As you can see, my first lilypond binary is /home/fede/bin/lilypond
because /home/fede/bin is the first path.
That means that if I type:
lilypond
/home/fede/bin/lilypond will be actually executed
In order to use the
other binaries in the terminal, I must specify the
absolute path:
/usr/local/bin/lilypond
HTH,
Federico