(OpenSUSE Leap 15.3 to be precise) So I've downloaded 2.23.7 and untarred into ~/Software/lilypond-2.23.7, created a symbolic link from ~/Software/lilypond-2.23.7/bin/lilypond to ~/bin/lilypond, and get the following...
> ~/bin/lilypond --version GNU LilyPond 2.23.7 (running Guile 2.2) Copyright (c) 1996--2022 by Han-Wen Nienhuys <han...@xs4all.nl> Jan Nieuwenhuizen <jann...@gnu.org> and others. This program is free software. It is covered by the GNU General Public License and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Invoke as `lilypond --warranty' for more information. > ~/bin/lilypond x.ly GNU LilyPond 2.23.7 (running Guile 2.2) Uncaught exception: Throw to key misc-error with args ("primitive-load-path" "Unable to find file ~S in load path" ("ice-9/boot-9") #f)Cannot exit gracefully when init is in progress; aborting. Aborted (core dumped) (with the same result whether the file exists or not). However... > ~/Software/lilypond-2.23.7/bin/lilypond x.ly GNU LilyPond 2.23.7 (running Guile 2.2) warning: cannot find file: `x.ly' fatal error: failed files: "x.ly" So it works if run directly from the installation directory, but not via a symbolic link. Any ideas? Kevin.