Ok.... I thought I read that lilypond was included in  denemo, but you're
saying it isn't in the repo, there's  just a dependancy on it, and if it
was working then it was because it had been installed some  other way
before.  ?
Thanks for the quick response btw.

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015, 1:27 AM Richard Shann <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, 2015-07-15 at 01:21 -0700, Jedidiah Bartlett wrote:
> > Ubuntu 15.04,
> > Anonymous git checkout - Rev b8dc112 made by you on Mon.
> > I just don't see in the make
>
> Denemo's make does not attempt to install LilyPond. I think (in fact I
> am sure, it has to be so) Denemo by default looks for lilypond.exe in
> the $PATH
> Only if you set the pref will it look elsewhere.
> Beware that once Denemo has been run it has written your preferences to
> disk at ~/.denemo-1.2.5, so you need to remove this for a clean
> re-start.
>
> Richard
>
>
>
> >  where lilypond ever got installed in the first place.
> >
> > On Jul 15, 2015 1:13 AM, "Richard Shann" <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >         On Wed, 2015-07-15 at 00:55 -0700, Jedidiah Bartlett wrote:
> >         > I've been looking for a good lilypond editor, and this
> >         seemed perfect.
> >         > I followed the instructions to compile and install on your
> >         website,
> >         > and was able to run denemo, create a small score, print the
> >         PDF and
> >         > listen to the audio.
> >         > I closed and opened denemo several times, with no issue.
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > Nice product! seems to have all the features I was looking
> >         for.
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > After printing, I realized that my paper size was still set
> >         to A4,
> >         > default.  I went to Score > Score Properties > Paper Size,
> >         and set the
> >         > paper size to letter, and while I was at it, bumped up the
> >         font. As
> >         > soon as I closed the dialog, the following appeared in the
> >         terminal
> >         > from where I launched denemo:
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > An error happened during lilypond launching: Failed to
> >         execute child
> >         > process "lilypond" (No such file or directory)
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > I cannot find any evidence on my machine that lilypond was
> >         ever
> >         > installed, yet somehow it was all working perfectly for
> >         several hours.
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > I went back to my denemo/bin folder, and ran the make again:
> >         > $make clean
> >         > $make
> >         > $sudo make install
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > And still there seems to be no lilypond.
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > What do I need to do to install lilypond again?
> >
> >         You can install LilyPond via www.lilypond.org
> >         you will then need to tell Denemo where it is:
> >
> >         Edit->Change Preferences->Externals in the field "LilyPond
> >         Path" give
> >         the full path name (or - I think - just lilypond if it is in
> >         $PATH)
> >
> >
> >         >   And how did it disappear?
> >
> >         It sounds *very* mysterious. Did your $PATH change?
> >
> >         what O/S are you using - which tarball do you have (anonymous
> >         checkout
> >         from git is the best).
> >
> >         Richard
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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