On 13/03/2023 02:57, Jeff Olson wrote:
On 3/11/2023 10:37 PM, Mark Stephen Mrotek wrote:
My experience installing Lilypond is with the Windows Installer.
I know what a Zip file is yet I have never used one to install a
program. Is there some more detailed instructions than what is
provided in The Graphical Setup for Windows?
Quoting the Graphical setup under Windows:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/learning/graphical-setup-under-windows
"The file will a ZIP archive called ‘lilypond-x.y.z-mingw-x86_64.zip’
(where “mingw” means it’s for Windows). Extract this in the file explorer.
Place the resulting directory lilypond-x.y.z-mingw-x86_64 in a permanent
location; the actual folder doesn’t matter, you just need to put it somewhere
you won’t move it afterwards. For example, you could choose your home
folder."
Actually, on Windows the folder *does* matter.
Depending upon where you want the installed location to be, you may
need to do some extra steps to overtly "run as administrator". Previous
releases of LilyPond used the Windows installer to handle this aspect
for you (the familiar "Do you want to allow this program to make changes
on your computer?"). But the extract step in the 2.24 instructions fails
if you choose the typical (protected) Windows place under Program Files.
Following up on this, I've just gone to upgrade my lilypond
installation. There's two problems, in that going to the 2.25 download
page says "here is 2.24". BUT ALSO
> What exactly is your problem?
> The basic procedure is simple, assuming that you are using
> Frescobaldi:
What if this assumption is wrong? I've NEVER used Frescobaldi (or
rather, the one time I tried I didn't see the point).
Will it work if I "install as administrator" and then tell Windows to
run lilypond when I click on a .ly file?
Is there any reason for expecting me to install an unwanted program, in
order to get a program I do want? Or are you trying to force everybody
to use Frescobaldi? Why?
Cheers,
Wol
