install/setup

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

address@hidden writes:
> I was having some strange problems which turned out to be due to having
> an older Lilypond as well as a current one.  After cleaning out all
> Lilypond installations I re-compiled from CVS, added '.
> lilypond-profile' to my '.bash_profile' file and then ended up
> re-starting the computer.  Now when I run Lilypond it is asking for
> files:
> 
> lilyponddefs.tex (I put a copy in /usr/share/texmf/tex/lilypond/
> lilyponddefs.ps (I put a copy in /usr/share/texmf/dvips/lilypond/

don't do this. You'll shoot yourself again when Lilypond when we
upgrade lilyponddefs.* and you forget to remove those.

> Now Lilypond is complaining about not finding 'feta20'.  Before I try
> something and perhaps repeat the problem I had before (it was a font
> problem) could someone get me going in the right direction?  The
> web-page says:
> 
> TEXMF
> 
> To make sure that TeX and lilypond find data files (among others, .tex,
> .mf, and .tfm), you have to set TEXMF to point to the lilypond data file
> tree. A typical setting would be
> 
> {/usr/share/lilypond/1.6.0,{!!/usr/share/texmf}}
> 
> I understand that TEXMF needs to know where the stuff is but I don't
> really understand the "typical setting" and exactly what I am supposed
> to do with it.

what does

echo $TEXMF say?

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