On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 7:44 PM, David Wright <lily...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tue 20 Feb 2018 at 16:21:19 (-0500), Ralph Palmer wrote: > > > I went to the download site < > > http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-64/ >, and tried to > download < > > lilypond-2.19.81-1.linux-64.sh >. When I right-clicked on the .sh link, > > there was no "download" option, so I opened it in a separate tab. The > > browser tried to load it as a text file. I was able to right-click on the > > page and do a "save as", with a ".sh" extension, but when I tried to open > > it through terminal, it said "sh: 0: Can't open > > lilypond-2.19.81-1.linux-64.sh". Any suggestions? I just tried again, > both > > in /Downloads and at my :~$ prompt, and in both cases got "sudo: sh: > > command not found". > > If you navigate to the link for a large download, the best way > to fetch it is to rightclick on the link and select > Copy Link Location > Then, at the commandline, type wget <space> and paste the link. > > wget http://lilypond.org/downloads/binaries/linux-64/lilypond-2. > 19.81-1.linux-64.sh > > If the link has spaces in it, enclose it in "". > > What's the benefit? If the download is interrupted and you have to > repeat it, make sure you're in the same directory and, when you > restart it, it'll will carry on from where it got up to. > > The LilyPond binary is marginal, but the documentation tarball is huge. > > Cheers, > David. > Ben and David - Thanks for your help. Worked beautifully. Did the "wget", then ran "sh", and it's in! Ralph -- Ralph Palmer Brattleboro, VT USA palmer.r.vio...@gmail.com
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