Re: newbie

[Landy Roman]

ok,  i think after running latext test.latex  i got a dvi file after hitting 
enter
{not knowing what i was doing]  and able to see the sheet[which is good]

now i will try to install 1.4.10

in the mean time i'll stay with the version i have and read all the 
documentation i see is attach...
i just had to see some output :-)



On 31 Dec 2001 02:17:06 +0100
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> wrote:

> Landy Roman <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > > What does `ly2dvi test.ly' say?
> > 
> > 
> > 2 output files  test.text and test.latex    ..... i was hoping for a dvi or 
> > ps file ???
> 
> Ok, so the command `latex test.latex' fails.  What does that command
> say?  Ah, I can probably guess it: you don't have geometry.sty?
> 
> > > Does `latex sample2e' work?
> >  
> > could not find sample2e
> 
> Ouch, in that case, you have an uncomplete or broken tex setup!  How
> did you install tex?  Is sample2e.tex on your harddisk at all?
> 
> > i tried to further configure 1.4.10 but make all now gives me this
> errormake --no-builtin-rules PACKAGE=LILYPOND package=lilypond -C
> > echo no inimp or inimpost  -interaction=nonstopmode  dump
> > no inimp or inimpost -interaction=nonstopmode dump
> 
> Ah, so you don't have metapost installed.  Try installing something
> like tetex-extra; or the package from your distribution that contains
> metapost.  What tetex packages does your distribution have?
> 
> Jan.
> 
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> Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien       | http://www.lilypond.org
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