+1 for Frescobaldi. It should be in your repo, though I'm not sure it's the most recent version.
Welcome to the community! Ben Link --> http://frescobaldi.org/ Colin Campbell-8 wrote > On 11/12/2013 07:11 PM, JordanB. wrote: >> I would appreciate any help in this matter: >> >> I was able to download lilypond, and ran sh lilypond-2.16.2-OS-TYPE.sh in >> the shell. The bin directory was created, and and the 12 shell script >> files >> (lilypond, lilypond-wrapper, etc.). That's it, however. How do I run >> lilypond from this point? Am I missing something obvious? I'm kind of a >> newbie to linux, so I wouldn't be surprised if I was. >> Thanks! >> > > On Linux, you can run lilypond from a terminal (shell). To verify that > lilypond was installed, you just enter "lilypond -v" without the quotes. > The result should be confirmation that the program was findable by > linux. You can then compile your lilypond source files by entering, e.g. > lilypond foo.ly, which would process a lilypond file named foo and > produce a .PDF of the result. Much more comfortable to those coming from > more gui-centric systems, would be to install a package such as > Frescobaldi (my lilypond editor of choice) or one of the others > mentioned on our website, under "Easier Editing". These editors can call > lilypond for you, without you needing a terminal shell. The rest of the > website, particularly the Learning Manual, will greatly repay the time > spent in reviewing and working through examples, as well > > Finally, welcome to the LilyPond community! When all else fails, feel > free to come back here with the smallest example which shows a problem, > and we'll see what we can do with it. > > Cheers, > Colin > -- > A good juggler can always find work. > - attributed to L. Pacioli (1445 - 1517) > > _______________________________________________ > lilypond-user mailing list > lilypond-user@ > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user ----- composer | sound designer LilyPond Tutorials (for beginners) --> http://bit.ly/bcl-lilypond -- View this message in context: http://lilypond.1069038.n5.nabble.com/lilypond-2-16-2-failing-to-install-on-ubuntu-12-10-tp153831p153846.html Sent from the User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user