Re: Environmental Path Variable

[David Kastrup]

nagymusic <address@hidden> writes:

> Following a new LilyPond install on a Windows 10 machine, I had to recently
> update the Environmental Path Variable in order to have LilyPond callable
> from the terminal. I'm just following up on my earlier post with a brief
> update, especially in case if there're other Windows users with a similar
> question. This worked on Windows 10 and Windows 7.
>
> LilyPond is installed in Program Files folder by default. So unless this is
> changed by the user during the installation process, one simply needs to
> include the following line in the User Environmental Variable PATH (retain
> white spaces):
>
> C:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bin

Any reason somebody installing the Windows version would not follow the
Windows installation instructions at <http://lilypond.org/windows.html>?

To wit:

Running on the command-line
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          Note: If you are happy with the GUI instructions below, then
          please ignore these instructions.

Windows on the command line
...........................

The most convenient way to run LilyPond is by adding the folder which
contains LilyPond executable files to the environmental variable “Path”.

  1. Open your “System” on the Control Panel, select Advanced tab and
     click Environmental Variables button.

  2. Select the Variable “Path” from Environmental variables list and
     click the Edit button.  You will be presented a window titled “Edit
     System Variable”; append to “Variable value” the name of the folder
     which contains LilyPond executable files like this:

          [PRE-SET PATHS];DIR\LilyPond\usr\bin

               Note: DIR will generally be ‘C:\Program Files (x86)’ for
               64 bit or ‘C:\Program Files’ for 32 bit systems.

     and click “OK” button to close the window.


-- 
David Kastrup