On Sun, 24 Mar 2024 at 17:14, David Sumbler <da...@aeolia.co.uk> wrote: > > I haven't used Lilypond for a while, but I have currently got v.2.24.1 > > I started a new, very small, project today, but I can't compile anything. Thinking I must have forgotten even the basics of writing Lilypond files, I tried a few of my previous project files which I have successfully compiled in the past. But nothing will compile. > > If I use the bash command line, with, for example, 'lilypond -V file.ly' I get no compilation, and the output is identical to what I get if I just enter 'lilypond' with no option and no file. > > If I try to compile from Emacs, using Ctrl-C Ctrl-L, I get exactly the same output as above, with "Compilation exited abnormally with code 2 at Sun Mar 24 15:54:38" or similar suffixed. > > What can possibly be wrong? Lilypond isn't giving me any clues.
Hello, How have you installed LilyPond? From the official binaries or from a package from your Linux distribution (I guess, since you mention Emacs, that you are under Linux)? Do you know that the last versions of LilyPond do not update your PATH? So are you invoking lilypond with the path where you extracted the binaries? And when you say you can't compile, what do you get as error message? It is not clear at all. Kind regards, Xavier
