Re: Problem while installing Lilypond

[Jonas Hahnfeld]

Hi Ankush,

please also reply to the mailing list so other users can potentially
benefit from the answers.

Am Mittwoch, dem 24.02.2021 um 12:58 +0530 schrieb Ankush Laxman:
> Hi Jonas,
> 
> Thank you for getting back to me so quickly. I did download the
> latest version of Lilypond (filename: lilypond-2.22.0-1.mingw.exe). I
> uninstalled and installed again, and restarted the system between
> installs. I even ensured I installed Python 3.9.2, prior to
> reinstalling Lilypond and removed Miniconda, to ensure I was doing as
> clean an install as possible. I followed all the recommended settings
> while installing Lilypond as well.
> 
> I have attached the screenshot when I check the version from the
> command line.

Still, this shows 2.18.2 so you're not *using* the right version.

> I have also attached the log file when I try to compile the test.ly
> file from the command line.

This one works, it only complains about the program being too old -
with 2.21.82 being yet another version.

> I also cannot compile the file when I drop the Lilypond file onto the
> Lilypond shortcut on the desktop (log file and temp file attached).

That one works as well, again with 2.21.82 complaining about the
\version "2.22.0"

> However, I can generate the PDF of the test.ly file when I right
> click and select "Generate PDF" from the right click menu.

All three PDFs show the version 2.21.82. I'd suggest you uninstall all
versions except for the latest stable, which is 2.22.0 right now.

> In the long term, I would like to use the latest version of Lilypond
> with VS Code (which requires that generation of PDFs is working
> properly from the command line).
> 
> I do not know how to use the attached ".ASC" file. Is it for hash
> checking the installation file? If so, how do I do that
> on Lilypond's website?

No, it's just a PGP signature on my emails. I do this for all of my
messages, so that people who do have my public key (and are sure that
it's mine, which is hard because I've met nobody from the community in
person) can verify that I wrote it.

Cheers
Jonas

> 
> Ankush
> 
> On Tue, 23 Feb 2021 at 22:54, Jonas Hahnfeld <hahnjo@hahnjo.de>
> wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, dem 23.02.2021 um 20:53 +0530 schrieb Ankush Laxman:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I use a 64-bit Windows 10 machine. I downloaded the latest
> > > version of the
> > > Lilypond installation file for Windows from the Lilypond website
> > > (
> > > http://lilypond.org/windows.html). When I try to compile the
> > > test.ly file
> > > from the command line, I get the following error:
> > > 
> > > GNU LilyPond 2.18.2
> > > Processing `test.ly'
> > > Parsing...
> > > error: program too old: 2.18.2 (file requires: 2.22.0)
> > > Interpreting music...
> > > Preprocessing graphical objects...terminate called after throwing
> > > an
> > > instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
> > >   what():  std::bad_alloc
> > > 
> > > What should I do?
> > 
> > Download and also run the latest version, which is 2.22.0 and not
> > 2.18.2? Note that the binary is still 32-bit, so there's an upper
> > limit
> > as to how much memory it can allocate.
> > 
> > Jonas
> > 
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ankush
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > > bug-lilypond@gnu.org
> > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
> >

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