ok, thanks. I somehow thought that 22.2 was the latest when I went to your download web, but you have straightened me out on that. I will uninstall it and start again tomorrow.
On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am running Windows 11. I downloaded the .exe for lilypond 2.22.2 and > > started to execute it. > > Why 2.22.2? This is is more than three years old and unmaintained. > The current stable version is 2.24.4, and I strongly recommend to use > the current development version (currently 2.25.29), since we no > longer update the 2.24 series. [And you should re-read the > corresponding installation instructions since we have changed the way > how binaries are built.] > > > The first couple of steps are simple. When I tried to proceed > > further I got the error message "Error opening the file for writing" > > with reference to C:\Program Files (x86)\lilypond\usr\bin\fc-cache.exe > > This is not sufficient information. Please install 2.24.4 or 2.25.29, > then call something like the following on the command line > > ``` > /path/to/lilypond.exe --verbose foo.ly > foo.log 2>&1 > ``` > > and send the log file for further inspection. > > > Werner >
