On Mon 05 Sep 2022 at 10:39:23 (-0400), Craig Bakalian wrote: > I do appreciate using the latest version of lilypond. I went to > download the latest version, because I did a complete update to my > computer with mint 21, and the linux latest version to download > appears to be source files. Didn't it used to be a sh file? I would > just sudo sh the latest version and typeset with glee. What is up?
Just unpack the archive, when the top-level directory will be lilypond-2.23.12. Move this to any permanent location you like. Run lilypond and the other binaries either by giving their full path, or by adding lilypond-2.23.12/bin to your $PATH (under the name you chose). Uninstall, if required, by removing the top-level directory. Cheers, David.