Re: 2.22.2 and 2.24.2

[Paul Hodges]

Jean has already answered your question.  But perhaps it should be made explicit that the Windows installation procedure has changed between 2.22 and 2.24.  Version 2.22 (and all earlier) are 32 bit programs and have install programs which place the program in Program Files (x86); 2.24 and later is 64 bit, and has no install program - you just unzip the directory and its contents from the zip file.  You can put it wherever suits you - desktop, home directory, whatever (I put it in Program Files, but that might cause access problems for some people).

Paul

From: Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonmark@ca.rr.com>
To: 'Paul Hodges' <pwh@cassland.org>, 'Jean Abou Samra' <jean@abou-samra.fr>
Cc: <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
Sent: 09/09/2023 16:16
Subject: RE: 2.22.2 and 2.24.2

Paul,

 

Thank you for the reassurance based on your experience.

Please bear with me and clarify some procedures.

I opened:

https://lilypond.org/doc/v2.24/Documentation/learning/graphical-setup-under-windows

to read the process.

My current Frescobaldi is 3.3.0. So good there.

Then further down is the direction:

Click on the folder icon and navigate to the lilypond-x.y.z-mingw-x86_64 folder you previously created. Inside this folder, open ‘lilypond-x.y.z’, then ‘bin’, and finally select ‘lilypond’.

When was that done?

 

Your assistance is appreciated.

 

Mark

 

 

From: Paul Hodges [mailto:pwh@cassland.org]
Sent: Saturday, September 9, 2023 1:20 AM
To: Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonmark@ca.rr.com>; 'Jean Abou Samra' <jean@abou-samra.fr>
Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: 2.22.2 and 2.24.2

 

Yes you can - they install by default into separate directories.  I have installed in Windows the final version of every stable release from 2.6, and the current (and one other) development version so that I can compile and update any lilypond code I come across.  Frescobaldi has them all linked in so the correct one is used automatically.

 

Paul

From: Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonmark@ca.rr.com>
To: 'Jean Abou Samra' <jean@abou-samra.fr>
Cc: <lilypond-user@gnu.org>
Sent: 09/09/2023 2:20
Subject: RE: 2.22.2 and 2.24.2

Jean,

 

Thank you.

My error in not being precise.

I am installing under Windows 10.

 

Mark

 

From: Jean Abou Samra [mailto:jean@abou-samra.fr]
Sent: Friday, September 8, 2023 5:08 PM
To: Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonmark@ca.rr.com>
Cc: lilypond-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: 2.22.2 and 2.24.2

 

 

 

Le 9 sept. 2023 à 02:05, Mark Stephen Mrotek <carsonmark@ca.rr.com> a écrit :
Hello All.

 

Can I keep an operational 2.22.2 while I attempt to download and install 2.24.2?

 

Depends on the installation method. With a package manager on Linux or macOS, usually no, but if you're just downloading the official binaries from lilypond.org, then yes, no problem at all.