score-parts option does not exist for command line

• Dec 13, 2021 - 15:24

Hello,
I really like MuseScore, thank you for your work. I saw here that score-parts should be an option on the command line. But the man page doesn't list it as an option. Is there any plan to add this?

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Jojo-Schmitz

• Dec 13, 2021 - 15:33

Huh? https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/command-line-options is the man-page (or the man page should be the same).
Which version of MuseScore are you using (I assume on Liunux?)

kurts_mustang

• Dec 13, 2021 - 15:39

I am using MuseScore3 3.2.3. I have attached a screenshot of the man page. I don't see score-parts there and when I attempt to use the option I get Unknown option 'score-parts'.

Edit: And yes I am using Ubuntu 20.04.

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Jojo-Schmitz

• Dec 13, 2021 - 15:49

It got added later than that. The current version is 3.6.2. Use the AppImage, the Ubunto repo is woefully outdated

kurts_mustang

• Dec 13, 2021 - 16:00

Oh okay. If I already have the app image 3.6.x, what is the best way to install the command line tools?

Jojo-Schmitz

• Dec 13, 2021 - 16:03

? There are no command line tool to install, the command line is part of MuseScore

kurts_mustang

• Dec 13, 2021 - 16:19

I'm just trying to figure out how to use musescore3 --score-parts. When I try running musescore3, I get the following output:

Command 'musescore3' not found, but can be installed with:

sudo apt install musescore3

But I do have the app image installed. My question is how can I get this command functioning? Here it says to add the app image to my path, but I did that and it still is not working. It also says I can try reverting to factory settings, but I only want to do this if there is no other option since I would rather not lose my current settings.

Jojo-Schmitz

• Dec 13, 2021 - 16:22

Of course you'd need to call the appimage with those options. And that isn't called musescore3

kurts_mustang

• Dec 13, 2021 - 16:27

I think I've got it figured out now and I am able to use the app image. Thanks for your help, I appreciate it.

kurts_mustang

• Dec 13, 2021 - 16:35

One last thing: when running with the score-parts option, where are the new .mscz files saved?

jeetee

• Dec 13, 2021 - 16:33

I believe the actual application name for the AppImage is aliased as mscore-portable or musescore-portable. So if you want to launch it as 'musescore3', you'll need to add a symlink in ~/.local/bin/ for that as well.

Marc Sabatella

• Dec 13, 2021 - 16:35

To be clear - the AppImage isn't installed via "apt". It is either run directly from the command line, or installed by running it from command line with the "install" option. The latter is definitely recommended for most users. And then you can run it normally via a program icon, but also from the command line via the name "mscore-portable"