Re: Installing 2.24.1

[David Wright]

On Thu 11 Apr 2024 at 21:14:14 (+0100), Wol wrote:
> On 07/04/2024 11:50, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> > 
> > > > There is a web page that deals with command-line installation, if
> > > > that's what you want:
> > > > 
> > > > https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/learning/command-line-setup
> > > > 
> > > Thanks. So basically "yes", I guessed as much.
> > > 
> > > I just need to re-associate the new version of lilypond with .ly
> > > files...
> > 
> > If you have a chance please check these instructions for correctness;
> > I'm not a regular Windows user, and there might be errors and/or
> > problems due to my clumsy testing.
> > 
> Well, it doesn't appear to work ...
> 
> Bear in mind I'm running Windows, so I don't want to run lilypond from
> the command line. I double-click a .ly file, it runs lilypond, and my
> pdf appears (or at least it does, running the old version).
> 
> What I did was open a command shell as administrator, and extracted
> lilypond into Program Files. I then opened a .ly file and - nothing
> happened!
> 
> Or rather, nothing useful happened. A popup window opened, and
> disappeared. No log files, no output, no nothing.
> 
> Okay. Tried to run it the un-windows way of using the command line.
> Complete pain in the ass, I'm afraid. And at least I can see the error
> messages ...
> 
> D:\Users\Anthony\My Git\music\GBB-Concert\_Grandioso>"c:\Program
> Files\lilypond-2.24.3\bin\lilypond.exe" partTromboneB.ly
> GNU LilyPond 2.24.3 (running Guile 2.2)
> Processing `partTromboneB.ly'
> Parsing...
> partTromboneB.ly:6:10: error: cannot find file: `voiceTromboneB.ily'
> (search path: `c:/Program
> Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/ly;c:/Program
> Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/ps;c:/Program
> Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/scm;c:/Program
> Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/fonts/otf/;c:/Program
> Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/fonts/svg/;')
> \include
>  "voiceTromboneB.ily"
> partTromboneB.ly:23:41: error: unknown escaped string: `\voiceTromboneB'
> 
> \voiceTromboneB
> partTromboneB.ly:23:41: error: string outside of text script or \lyricmode
> 
> \voiceTromboneB
> 

What's odd about this log is that the errors occur on lines 6 and 23,
and yet there's no error concerning voiceStaff.ily, nor the variables
voiceTimeSig and voiceMarkup, defined therein. That suggests (but does
not prove) that voiceStaff.ily was found.

Of course, these line numbers may be coincidental.

> Note: compilation failed and \version outdated, did you
> update input syntax with convert-ly?
> 
> 
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly
> 
> Interpreting music...[8]
> Preprocessing graphical objects...
> Finding the ideal number of pages...
> Fitting music on 1 page...
> Drawing systems...
> Converting to `partTromboneB.pdf'...
> fatal error: failed files: "partTromboneB.ly"
> 
> D:\Users\Anthony\My Git\music\GBB-Concert\_Grandioso>
> 
> 
> So it looks like it's searching the program directory for my include
> files, and not the current directory where they actually are! Note
> that running the older lilypond correctly compiles the file.

Cheers,
David.

Re: Installing 2.24.1

[Wol]

On 11/04/2024 21:37, Jean Abou Samra wrote:

Is voiceTromboneB.ily really in the*current*  directory? Namely
D:\Users\Anthony\My Git\music\GBB-Concert\_Grandioso\ (and not, e.g.,
D:\Users\Anthony\My Git\music\GBB-Concert\)?


Well, if voiceTromboneB.ily was in the parent directory, it would really 
mess things up. I split the notes, the layout etc into separate files in 
the same directory, and there's no way things would work if I tried to 
have multiple files, each with the the notes for their piece, all with 
the same name, and all in the same folder ... !!!


> > Bear in mind I'm running Windows, so I don't want to run lilypond
> > from the command line. I double-click a .ly file, it runs lilypond,
> > and my pdf appears (or at least it does, running the old version).

> That particular workflow however is not supported out of the box
> anymore, since the distributed artifacts are no longer .exe
> installers.

???

> It might be possible to recreate it, but I don't know if Windows will
> let you associate a file extension with an arbitrary program or if it 
> only supports associating with a GUI app.


Given that it works fine for the previous version of lilypond (which 
once installed is pretty much identical) why wouldn't it work for this 
version?


I'll have to try Aaron's instructions to see if they work.

Cheers,
Wol

Re: Installing 2.24.1

[Aaron Hill]

On 2024-04-11 1:14 pm, Wol wrote:
So it looks like it's searching the program directory for my include 
files, and not the current directory where they actually are! Note that 
running the older lilypond correctly compiles the file.



I am having trouble reproducing the behavior you are seeing.  On a 
Windows 10 machine (22H2, 19045.4170) that does not have Frescobaldi nor 
any prior LilyPond installation, I took the following steps:


1) Download LilyPond for Windows (version 2.24.3, also 2.25.14 from the 
development page)
2) Unzip to my Downloads folder (produced subfolders lilypond-2.24.3 and 
lilypond-2.25.14)

3) Opened a terminal window within the Downloads folder...
4) Ran "lilypond-2.24.3/bin/lilypond --version" to verify the download 
and extraction worked

5) Created two files on my Desktop:

%% test.ily %%
\version "2.24.0"
test = { b'4 4 2 }


%% test.ly %%
\version "2.24.0"
\include "test.ily"
{ \test \test }


6) Opened a terminal window within the Desktop folder...
7) Ran "..\..\Downloads\lilypond-2.24.3\bin\lilypond --version" to 
verify pathing worked
8) Ran "..\..\Downloads\lilypond-2.24.3\bin\lilypond test.ly" to verify 
compilation


At this point, test.pdf was created without any issues.  (Well, 
actually, it did fail due to a wrong version number, but that was 
because I was running on autopilot and had mistyped the \version 
statements in my test documents as 2.25.14, since I was also testing 
against that version as well.  Correcting the \version statements as 
noted above resolved that.)


9) From an *elevated* command prompt...
10) Ran "assoc .ly=LilyPond"
11) Ran "ftype LilyPond=\lilypond-2.24.3\bin\lilypond.exe 
%1"


NOTE: The path above was to my user's Downloads folder from which I had 
been running LilyPond during testing.


12) Back in a normal command prompt from the Desktop folder...
13) Ran "test.ly" to verify file association and compilation.

No issues.

14) Double-clicked "test.ly" from my Desktop.

No issues.


-- Aaron Hill

Re: Installing 2.24.1

[Jean Abou Samra]

> 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?


The default installation tutorial use Frescobaldi because it's a
newcomer-friendly IDE. That doesn't mean we're trying to "force"
people to use Frescobaldi. You may use the command line, or Emacs,
or VS Code, or whatever way of running an executable.


> Well, it doesn't appear to work ...
> 
> Bear in mind I'm running Windows, so I don't want to run lilypond from
> the command line. I double-click a .ly file, it runs lilypond, and my
> pdf appears (or at least it does, running the old version).


That particular workflow however is not supported out of the box anymore,
since the distributed artifacts are no longer .exe installers.

It might be possible to recreate it, but I don't know if Windows will let
you associate a file extension with an arbitrary program or if it only
supports associating with a GUI app.

In any case, you would need to write a script to redirect the log
to a separate file (since the -dgui option has disappeared as well,
commit 602c391915).


> What I did was open a command shell as administrator, and extracted
> lilypond into Program Files. I then opened a .ly file and - nothing
> happened!


Well, merely extracting a ZIP archive somewhere will just... create files
on your computer, that's all. It doesn't change file associations.


> Or rather, nothing useful happened. A popup window opened, and
> disappeared. No log files, no output, no nothing.
> 
> Okay. Tried to run it the un-windows way of using the command line.
> Complete pain in the ass, I'm afraid. And at least I can see the error
> messages ...
> 
> D:\Users\Anthony\My Git\music\GBB-Concert\_Grandioso>"c:\Program
> Files\lilypond-2.24.3\bin\lilypond.exe" partTromboneB.ly
> GNU LilyPond 2.24.3 (running Guile 2.2)
> Processing `partTromboneB.ly'
> Parsing...
> partTromboneB.ly:6:10: error: cannot find file: `voiceTromboneB.ily'
> (search path: `c:/Program
> Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/ly;c:/Program
> Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/ps;c:/Program
> Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/scm;c:/Program
> Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/fonts/otf/;c:/Program
> Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/fonts/svg/;')
> \include
>   "voiceTromboneB.ily"
> partTromboneB.ly:23:41: error: unknown escaped string: `\voiceTromboneB'
> 
>  \voiceTromboneB
> partTromboneB.ly:23:41: error: string outside of text script or \lyricmode
> 
>  \voiceTromboneB
> 
> Note: compilation failed and \version outdated, did you
> update input syntax with convert-ly?
> 
>  
> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly
> 
> Interpreting music...[8]
> Preprocessing graphical objects...
> Finding the ideal number of pages...
> Fitting music on 1 page...
> Drawing systems...
> Converting to `partTromboneB.pdf'...
> fatal error: failed files: "partTromboneB.ly"
> 
> D:\Users\Anthony\My Git\music\GBB-Concert\_Grandioso>
> 
> 
> So it looks like it's searching the program directory for my include
> files, and not the current directory where they actually are! Note that
> running the older lilypond correctly compiles the file.


Is voiceTromboneB.ily really in the *current* directory? Namely
D:\Users\Anthony\My Git\music\GBB-Concert\_Grandioso\ (and not, e.g.,
D:\Users\Anthony\My Git\music\GBB-Concert\)?

Note that the search path ends in a ';' which means that there is actually
an empty entry at the end, which should search the current directory (in other
words, LilyPond is not searching only its internal directories, it's searching
both these and the current directory, and that's perfectly normal).




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Re: Installing 2.24.1

[Wol]

On 07/04/2024 11:50, Werner LEMBERG wrote:



There is a web page that deals with command-line installation, if
that's what you want:

https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/learning/command-line-setup


Thanks. So basically "yes", I guessed as much.

I just need to re-associate the new version of lilypond with .ly
files...


If you have a chance please check these instructions for correctness;
I'm not a regular Windows user, and there might be errors and/or
problems due to my clumsy testing.


Well, it doesn't appear to work ...

Bear in mind I'm running Windows, so I don't want to run lilypond from 
the command line. I double-click a .ly file, it runs lilypond, and my 
pdf appears (or at least it does, running the old version).


What I did was open a command shell as administrator, and extracted 
lilypond into Program Files. I then opened a .ly file and - nothing 
happened!


Or rather, nothing useful happened. A popup window opened, and 
disappeared. No log files, no output, no nothing.


Okay. Tried to run it the un-windows way of using the command line. 
Complete pain in the ass, I'm afraid. And at least I can see the error 
messages ...


D:\Users\Anthony\My Git\music\GBB-Concert\_Grandioso>"c:\Program 
Files\lilypond-2.24.3\bin\lilypond.exe" partTromboneB.ly

GNU LilyPond 2.24.3 (running Guile 2.2)
Processing `partTromboneB.ly'
Parsing...
partTromboneB.ly:6:10: error: cannot find file: `voiceTromboneB.ily'
(search path: `c:/Program 
Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/ly;c:/Program 
Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/ps;c:/Program 
Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/scm;c:/Program 
Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/fonts/otf/;c:/Program 
Files/lilypond-2.24.3/share/lilypond/2.24.3/fonts/svg/;')

\include
 "voiceTromboneB.ily"
partTromboneB.ly:23:41: error: unknown escaped string: `\voiceTromboneB'

\voiceTromboneB
partTromboneB.ly:23:41: error: string outside of text script or \lyricmode

\voiceTromboneB

Note: compilation failed and \version outdated, did you
update input syntax with convert-ly?


https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/usage/updating-files-with-convert_002dly

Interpreting music...[8]
Preprocessing graphical objects...
Finding the ideal number of pages...
Fitting music on 1 page...
Drawing systems...
Converting to `partTromboneB.pdf'...
fatal error: failed files: "partTromboneB.ly"

D:\Users\Anthony\My Git\music\GBB-Concert\_Grandioso>


So it looks like it's searching the program directory for my include 
files, and not the current directory where they actually are! Note that 
running the older lilypond correctly compiles the file.


Cheers,
Wol

Re: Installing 2.24.1

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> There is a web page that deals with command-line installation, if
>> that's what you want:
>>
>> https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/learning/command-line-setup
>>
> Thanks. So basically "yes", I guessed as much.
> 
> I just need to re-associate the new version of lilypond with .ly
> files...

If you have a chance please check these instructions for correctness;
I'm not a regular Windows user, and there might be errors and/or
problems due to my clumsy testing.


Werner

Re: Installing 2.24.1

[Wols Lists]

On 06/04/2024 22:46, Knute Snortum wrote:
On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 2:23 PM Wol > wrote:



  > 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?


There is a web page that deals with command-line installation, if that's 
what you want:


https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/learning/command-line-setup 




Thanks. So basically "yes", I guessed as much.

I just need to re-associate the new version of lilypond with .ly files...

Cheers,
Wol

Re: Installing 2.24.1

[Knute Snortum]

On Sat, Apr 6, 2024 at 2:23 PM Wol  wrote:

>
>  > 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?
>

There is a web page that deals with command-line installation, if that's
what you want:

https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/learning/command-line-setup


--
Knute Snortum

Re: Installing 2.24.1

[Wol]

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

Re: Installing 2.24.1

[Jeff Olson]

On 3/13/2023 7:06 AM, Werner LEMBERG wrote:

https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/1869


Wow! That was fast work, Werner!  Thanks for finding a way to include
the extra steps to "Run as administrator".

Jeff

RE: RE: Installing 2.24.1

[Mark Stephen Mrotek]

Jeff,

 

Thank you for the detailed instructions suited for a non-programmer!

Shall work on it in the morning.

 

Mark

 

From: Jeff Olson [mailto:jjoca...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2023 7:57 PM
To: Mark Stephen Mrotek 
Cc: Jean Abou Samra ; lilypond-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: RE: Installing 2.24.1

 

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.  
 
Here are "some more detailed instructions" (Win 10) for that case:
 
1) Download lilypond-2.24.1-mingw-x86_64.zip from 
https://lilypond.org/download.html
2) Click the Windows "Start" icon in lower left
3) Scroll way down to see WinZip (alternatively File Manager)
4) Right click WinZip and select More > Run as administrator
5) Answer "Yes" to allow this program to make changes
6) Select the icon for Open WinZip File
7) Browse to where you put the download in step 1)
8) See prompt "Would you like to unzip the contents of this Zip file now?"
9) Select "Yes, unzip the files to a folder I choose"
10) Navigate to e.g. C:\Program Files\LilyPond and unzip
 
This produces C:\Program Files\LilyPond\lilypond-2.24.1 with the .exe
at C:\Program Files\LilyPond\lilypond-2.24.1\bin\lilypond.exe
This .exe location is what you specify in Frescobaldi.
 
If you're a tinkerer and might make changes to some of the LilyPond
script files, you would be better off choosing a location under your
home directory, as the instructions suggest.  The complication of
running as administrator is only needed if you want to protect the
installed files from inadvertent modification.
 
HTH
Jeff
 

Re: RE: Installing 2.24.1

[Jeff Olson]

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.

Here are "some more detailed instructions" (Win 10) for that case:

1) Download lilypond-2.24.1-mingw-x86_64.zip 
fromhttps://lilypond.org/download.html
2) Click the Windows "Start" icon in lower left
3) Scroll way down to see WinZip (alternatively File Manager)
4) Right click WinZip and select More > Run as administrator
5) Answer "Yes" to allow this program to make changes
6) Select the icon for Open WinZip File
7) Browse to where you put the download in step 1)
8) See prompt "Would you like to unzip the contents of this Zip file now?"
9) Select "Yes, unzip the files to a folder I choose"
10) Navigate to e.g. C:\Program Files\LilyPond and unzip

This produces C:\Program Files\LilyPond\lilypond-2.24.1 with the .exe
at C:\Program Files\LilyPond\lilypond-2.24.1\bin\lilypond.exe
This .exe location is what you specify in Frescobaldi.

If you're a tinkerer and might make changes to some of the LilyPond
script files, you would be better off choosing a location under your
home directory, as the instructions suggest.  The complication of
running as administrator is only needed if you want to protect the
installed files from inadvertent modification.

HTH
Jeff

RE: Installing 2.24.1

[Mark Stephen Mrotek]

Jean Abou Samra,

Thank you.

Mark


-Original Message-
From: Jean Abou Samra [mailto:j...@abou-samra.fr] 
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2023 10:47 PM,
To: Mark Stephen Mrotek 
Cc: Werner LEMBERG ; lilypond-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Installing 2.24.1



> Le 12 mars 2023 à 06:39, Mark Stephen Mrotek  a écrit :
> 
> What does "Register this Lilypond binary" tell me to do?


It means doing exactly what is shown in the tutorial “Graphical setup for 
Windows”. Namely, tell Frescobaldi where you have put your LilyPond executable 
in the Preferences.

Have you tried following that tutorial, even if you don’t fully understand what 
it makes you do?

Re: Installing 2.24.1

[Jean Abou Samra]

> Le 12 mars 2023 à 06:39, Mark Stephen Mrotek  a écrit :
> 
> What does "Register this Lilypond binary" tell me to do?


It means doing exactly what is shown in the tutorial “Graphical setup for 
Windows”. Namely, tell Frescobaldi where you have put your LilyPond executable 
in the Preferences.

Have you tried following that tutorial, even if you don’t fully understand what 
it makes you do?

RE: Installing 2.24.1

[Mark Stephen Mrotek]

Werner,

Thank you for your prompt and instructive reply.
Please bear with my inexperience.
What does "Register this Lilypond binary" tell me to do?

Mark

-Original Message-
From: Werner LEMBERG [mailto:w...@gnu.org] 
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2023 8:44 PM
To: carsonm...@ca.rr.com
Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Installing 2.24.1


> 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?

What exactly is your problem?

The basic procedure is simple, assuming that you are using
Frescobaldi:

* Unpack the ZIP file in a directory of your liking.  Let's assume you
  do this in directory `C:\Users\me\`.  After unpacking, the LilyPond
  binary is `C:\Users\me\lilypond-2.24.1\bin\lilypond.exe`.

* Register this LilyPond binary (and probably other binaries; I use
  neither Windows nor Frescobaldi :-) in the Frescobaldi setup and you
  are done.

If you are working on the command line instead, you might have a look at the
PDF that comes with a current merge request

  https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/1860#note_1307976050


 Werner

Re: Installing 2.24.1

[Werner LEMBERG]

> 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?

What exactly is your problem?

The basic procedure is simple, assuming that you are using
Frescobaldi:

* Unpack the ZIP file in a directory of your liking.  Let's assume you
  do this in directory `C:\Users\me\`.  After unpacking, the LilyPond
  binary is `C:\Users\me\lilypond-2.24.1\bin\lilypond.exe`.

* Register this LilyPond binary (and probably other binaries; I use
  neither Windows nor Frescobaldi :-) in the Frescobaldi setup and you
  are done.

If you are working on the command line instead, you might have a look
at the PDF that comes with a current merge request

  https://gitlab.com/lilypond/lilypond/-/merge_requests/1860#note_1307976050


 Werner

Installing 2.24.1

[Mark Stephen Mrotek]

Hello,

 

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?

 

Thank you for your kind attention.

 

Mark