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Re: A fatal error with a new installation


From: Phil Holmes
Subject: Re: A fatal error with a new installation
Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 14:55:59 +0100


You get this sort of error if the PDF from the previous compilation is still open in many PDF viewers - they lock the file.  Try closing your PDF viewer and trying again.

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Phil Holmes
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2020 1:43 PM
Subject: A fatal error with a new installation

I have just installed Lilypond on Windows 10, following the instructions to basically download, install, and add its path to the environment variable.

However, it won't compile; on a simple file; the log finishes with:

warning: `(gs -q -dNOSAFER -dDEVICEWIDTHPOINTS=595.28 -dDEVICEHEIGHTPOINTS=841.89 -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 
-dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -r1200 -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dAutoRotatePages=/None -dPrinted=false -sOutputFile=/Users/amca/Lilypond/Butler_divisions_D_major.pdf 
-c.setpdfwrite -f./tmp-lilypond-c5ihri)' failed (1)

fatal error: failed files: "C:\\Users\\amca\\Lilypond\\Butler_divisions_D_major.ly"


When I changed the name of the file it compiled once, and then wouldn't compile again - it threw the same error message.

As I say, this is a new installation - just installed this afternoon, and there were no previous versions of Lilypond on this system.  I've checked a few times, and the only way I can get a new compilation is to rename the file.  

What's going on here and how can I fix it?

Thanks,

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