(debian unstable, 2.4.3 kernel) I tried the example from info lilypond tutorial:
\score { \notes { c'4 e' g' } } then ran command: ly2dvi -P test.ly and here's what I've got: ---------------------------------------------------- jojda:~/tmp>ly2dvi -P pokus.ly Running LilyPond... GNU LilyPond 1.4.2 Now processing: `/home/erik/tmp/pokus.ly' Parsing... Interpreting music...[1] Preprocessing elements... Calculating column positions... [2] paper output to `pokus.tex'... Analyzing pokus.tex... Running LaTeX... error: latex: command exited with value 256 Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 786, in ? run_latex (files, outbase, extra) File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 607, in run_latex system (cmd) File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 313, in system error (msg) File "/usr/bin/ly2dvi", line 206, in error raise _ ("Exiting ... ") Exiting ... ----------------------------------------------------- latex is installed (well, tetex-bin is: Note, selecting tetex-bin instead of latex). is there anything else I need? here are the relevant packages: ii lilypond 1.4.2-2 A program for printing sheet music. ii tetex-bin 1.0.7+20001218 teTeX binary files btw I had some limited success by running lilypond directly but the resulting postscript file didn't have notes but letters instead (some other symbols where replaced by regular characters as well, e.g. treble clef was printed as 'c' (in place where treble clef would be) I read manual and parts of info lilypond but can't see anything relevant... (e.g. they assume the ly2dvi command would work). TIA erik