Re: Step by step assistance installing lilypond 2.24

[Lydia Westerberg]

Thank you. If I upgrade to the new LP version, then I need assistance.


> On Oct 31, 2024, at 8:35 PM, David Wright <lilylis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> On Thu 31 Oct 2024 at 12:22:12 (-0400), Lydia Westerberg wrote:
>> How can I have someone assist me in downloading
>> the lily;ond 2.24.4 on m iMac Sonoma 14.5?
>> 
>> It doesn’t  seem possible to simply download 
>> my old 2.18.2.
> 
> Presumably 2.18.2 was never built for this architecture so such
> a binary might not even exist. If the machine is enough like a
> 10-yr older one, then binaries might be found at:
> 
>  http://lilypond.org/download/binaries/Li
> 
> where some architectures go back to 2.10, 2.8, and even 2.6.
> 
>> If there is a way to install my 2.18.2 lilypond program,
>> please let me know.
> 
> To some extent, that depends on why you want to stick with 2.18.2.
> If it's because, say, you have a large codebase of 2.18.2 scores
> and need to tweak them (or avoid retweaking them), then the easiest
> way may be to acquire a cheap PC, install linux and LilyPond onto
> it, and run LP on it as a server from the mac, using ssh (secure
> shell) or vnc (Virtual Network Computing).
> 
> Otherwise, like anybody else, I'd recommend upgrading to the
> new version of LP, and converting your source files to match.
> 
> Looking back at some of your posts over the past four years (which
> might not be representative of course), some of the suggestions
> have involved upgrading from 2.18.2, and I can't see much in the
> sources that would complicate that. The differences in white space
> that result from conversion are much more subtle than the alterations
> you have presumably made to achieve the spacings that your posts
> were asking for.
> 
> Cheers,
> David.