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Re: Problem with running lilypond
From: |
Jan Nieuwenhuizen |
Subject: |
Re: Problem with running lilypond |
Date: |
Sun, 17 Mar 2002 20:56:51 +0100 |
address@hidden writes:
> Hello,
> I have a problem with testing lilypond for the first time. My operation
> system is Windows 98SE. When testing ly2dvi on the file foo.ly, I am getting
> the error message:
> ly2dvi:error: filename should not contain spaces: '/usr/bin/* *
> *********/foo' (where the '*s' are letters spelling out the registration name
> on my computer). As the registration name on my computer seems to produce a
> default folder of the same name, I don't know how to overcome this problem.
> I would be grateful for any ideas or solutions.
Best is to create a new home directory. Start the cygwin or lilypond
shell, and do:
$ mkdir -p /home/dylan
Then, edit the file
/etc/passwd (windows name: c:\cygwin\etc\passwd)
using vim or wordpad, and change the `/usr/bin/* ************/foo' to
`/home/dylan'.
When you start the lilypond shell again, all should be fine. If it's
still not ok, you can try:
$ HOME=/home/dylan
$ cd
Greetings,
Jan.
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--
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <address@hidden> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org