X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/lilypond.git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL.txt;h=dedfe576024d83f81c2920ae40f5313c82877dd9;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Fdebian;hp=3dfb8ed76a07563e5d04a3145c22a42ae4642b02;hpb=91629326e2c28dab86952c2abbe786978b7c1e92;p=lilypond.git diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt index 3dfb8ed76a..dedfe57602 100644 --- a/INSTALL.txt +++ b/INSTALL.txt @@ -1,334 +1,918 @@ +INSTALL - compiling and installing GNU LilyPond +*********************************************** + +Table of Contents +***************** + +INSTALL - compiling and installing GNU LilyPond +1 Compilation + 1.1 Overview of compiling + 1.2 Requirements + 1.2.1 Requirements for running LilyPond + 1.2.2 Requirements for compiling LilyPond + 1.2.3 Requirements for building documentation + 1.3 Getting the source code + 1.4 Configuring `make' + 1.4.1 Running `./autogen.sh' + 1.4.2 Running `../configure' + Configuration options + Checking build dependencies + Configuring target directories + 1.5 Compiling LilyPond + 1.5.1 Using `make' + 1.5.2 Saving time with the `-j' option + 1.5.3 Compiling for multiple platforms + 1.5.4 Useful `make' variables + 1.6 Post-compilation options + 1.6.1 Installing LilyPond from a local build + 1.6.2 Generating documentation + Documentation editor's edit/compile cycle + Building documentation + Building a single document + Saving time with `CPU_COUNT' + AJAX search + Installing documentation + Building documentation without compiling + 1.6.3 Testing LilyPond binary + 1.7 Problems + Bison 1.875 + Compiling on MacOS X + Solaris + FreeBSD + International fonts + Using lilypond python libraries + 1.8 Concurrent stable and development versions + 1.9 Build system + + +1 Compilation +************* + +1.1 Overview of compiling +========================= + +Compiling LilyPond from source is an involved process, and is only +recommended for developers and packagers. Typical program users are +instead encouraged to obtain the program from a package manager (on +Unix) or by downloading a precompiled binary configured for a specific +operating system. Pre-compiled binaries are available on the *note +Download: (lilypond-web)Download. page. + + Compiling LilyPond from source is necessary if you want to build, +install, or test your own version of the program. + + A successful compile can also be used to generate and install the +documentation, incorporating any changes you may have made. However, a +successful compile is not a requirement for generating the +documentation. The documentation can be built using a Git repository +in conjunction with a locally installed copy of the program. For more +information, see *note Building documentation without compiling::. + + Attempts to compile LilyPond natively on Windows have been +unsuccessful, though a workaround is available (see *note LilyDev: +(lilypond-contributor)LilyDev.). + +1.2 Requirements +================ - INSTALL - compiling and installing GNU LilyPond +1.2.1 Requirements for running LilyPond +--------------------------------------- - HWN & JCN +Running LilyPond requires proper installation of the following software: -Contents + * DejaVu fonts (http://www.dejavu-fonts.org/) (normally installed by + default) - 1: ABSTRACT -2: OBTAINING -3: PREREQUISITES -4: RUNNING -5: WEBSITE -6: CONFIGURING and COMPILING -7: CONFIGURING FOR MULTIPLE PLATFORMS -8: INSTALLING -9: REDHAT LINUX -10: DEBIAN GNU/LINUX -11: WINDOWS NT/95 -12: AUTHORS + * FontConfig (http://www.fontconfig.org/) (2.4.0 or newer) -1: ABSTRACT + * Freetype (http://www.freetype.org/) (2.1.10 or newer) -This document explains what you need to install LilyPond, -and what you should do. If you are going to compile and -install LilyPond often, e.g. when doing development, you -might want to check out the buildscripts/set-lily.sh script. -It sets some environment variables and symlinks, which comes -in handly when you have to compile LilyPond more often. + * Ghostscript (http://www.ghostscript.com) (8.60 or newer) -2: OBTAINING + * Guile (http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html) (1.8.2 or + newer) -You can get the latest version of LilyPond at -ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/. Refer to the links -document for mirror sites. + * Pango (http://www.pango.org/) (1.12 or newer) -If you upgrade by patching do remember to rerun autoconf -after applying the patch. + * Python (http://www.python.org) (2.4 or newer) -3: PREREQUISITES + International fonts are required to create music with international +text or lyrics. -For compilation you need: +1.2.2 Requirements for compiling LilyPond +----------------------------------------- -o A GNU system: GNU LilyPond is known to run on these GNU - systems: Linux (PPC, intel), FreeBSD, AIX, NeXTStep, - IRIX, Digital Unix and Solaris. +Below is a full list of packages needed to build LilyPond. However, +for most common distributions there is an easy way of installing most +all build dependencies in one go: -o Lots of disk space: LilyPond takes between 30 and 100 - mb to compile if you use debugging information. If you - are short on disk-space run configure with --disable- - debugging. +Distribution Command +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Debian, Ubuntu `sudo apt-get build-dep lilypond' +Fedora, RHEL `sudo yum-builddep lilypond' +openSUSE, SLED `sudo zypper --build-deps-only + source-install lilypond' - Although we recommend to use Unix, LilyPond is known to - run on Windows NT/95/98 as well. See Section 11. + * Everything listed in *note Requirements for running LilyPond:: -o EGCS 1.1 or newer. + * Development packages for the above items (which should include + header files and libraries). -o Python 1.5, Check out ftp://ftp.python.org or - ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/python. + Red Hat Fedora: -o GUILE 1.3, check out http://www.gnu.org/soft- - ware/guile/guile.html. + guile-devel-VERSION + fontconfig-devel-VERSION + freetype-devel-VERSION + pango-devel-VERSION + python-devel-VERSION -o GNU make. Check out ftp://ftp.gnu.org. + Debian GNU/Linux: -o Flex (version 2.5.4 or newer). Check out - ftp://ftp.gnu.org. + guile-VERSION-dev + libfontconfig1-dev + libfreetype6-dev + libpango1.0-dev + pythonVERSION-dev -o Bison (version 1.25 or newer). Check out - ftp://ftp.gnu.org. + * Flex (http://flex.sourceforge.net/) -o Yodl. All documentation will be in Yodl. (1.30.17) - ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/yodl + * FontForge (http://fontforge.sf.net/) (20060125 or newer; 20100501 + or newer is recommended; must be compiled with `--enable-double'. + Failure to do so can lead to poor intersection calculations and + poorly-rendered glyphs.) -o The geometry package for LaTeX is needed to use ly2dvi. - Available at ftp://ftp.ctan.org/tex- - archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry or at - mirror site ftp://ftp.dante.de + * GNU Bison (http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/) -o MetaPost, if you want to use direct PostScript output. - Please note that tetex-0.4pl8 (included with Redhat - 5.x) does not include mfplain.mp, which is needed for - producing the scaleable font files. + * GNU Compiler Collection (http://gcc.gnu.org/) (3.4 or newer, 4.X + recommended) -4: RUNNING + * GNU gettext (http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/gettext.html) + (0.17 or newer) -GNU LilyPond does use a lot of resources. For operation you -need the following software + * GNU Make (http://www.gnu.org/software/make/) (3.78 or newer) -o TeX + * MetaFont (http://metafont.tutorial.free.fr/) (mf-nowin, mf, mfw or + mfont binaries), usually packaged with TeX + (http://www.latex-project.org/ftp.html). -o A PostScript printer and/or viewer (such as - Ghostscript) is strongly recommended. Xdvi will show - all embedded PostScript too if you have Ghostscript - installed. + * MetaPost (http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/hobby/MetaPost.html) (mpost + binary), usually packaged with TeX + (http://www.latex-project.org/ftp.html). -o GUILE 1.3, check out http://www.gnu.org/pro- - grams/guile.html + * Perl (http://www.perl.org/) -For running LilyPond successfully you have to help TeX and -MetaFont find various files. The recommended way of doing -so is adjusting the environment variables in the start-up -scripts of your shell. An example is given here for the -Bourne shell: + * Texinfo (http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/) (4.11 or newer) - export MFINPUTS="/usr/local/share/lilypond/mf:" - export TEXINPUTS="/usr/local/share/lilypond/tex:/usr/local/share/lilypond/ps:" + * Type 1 utilities (http://www.lcdf.org/~eddietwo/type/#t1utils) + (1.33 or newer recommended) -The empty path component represents and MetaFont's default -search paths. Scripts with the proper paths for the bourne -and C-shell respectively are generated in build- -scripts/out/lilypond-profile and buildscripts/out/lilypond- -login during compilation. +1.2.3 Requirements for building documentation +--------------------------------------------- -LilyPond is a hideously slow program. A fast CPU and plenty -of RAM is recommended for comfortable use. +You can view the documentation online at +`http://www.lilypond.org/doc/', but you can also build it locally. +This process requires some additional tools and packages: -5: WEBSITE + * Everything listed in *note Requirements for compiling LilyPond:: -If you want to auto-generate Lily's website, you'll need -some additional conversion tools. + * ImageMagick (http://www.imagemagick.org/) -o xpmtoppm (from the Portable Bitmap Utilities) (For Red- - Hat Linux users: it is included within the package - libgr-progs). the original is at ftp://ftp.x.org/con- - trib/utilities/netpbm-1mar1994.p1.tar.gz + * Netpbm (http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/) -o pnmtopng, which is also in libgr-progs for RedHat. The - original is at - ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png/applications/pnm- - topng-2.37.2.tar.gz.i + * gzip (http://gzip.org/) - The version of pnmtopng that is distributed with RedHat - 5.1 and 5.2 contains a bug: pnmtopng is dynamically - linked to the wrong version of libpng. Recompile it - from source, and make sure that the pnmtopng binary is - linked statically to the libpng that is included in - libgr. RedHat 6.0 does not have this problem. + * rsync (http://rsync.samba.org/) - tar xzf libgr-2.0.13.tar.gz - make - cd png - rm libpng.so* - make pnmtopng + * Texi2HTML (http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/) (1.82) - You can then install the new pnmtopng into - /usr/local/bin/ + * International fonts -o Bib2html http://pertsserver.cs.uiuc.edu/~hull/bib2html. - Which, in turn depends on man2html for proper installa- - tion. man2html can be had from http://askdon- - ald.ask.uni-karlsruhe.de/hppd/hpux/Network- - ing/WWW/Man2html-1.05. + Red Hat Fedora: - The website will build without this utility, but you - will not see our hypertextified bibliography. + fonts-arabic + fonts-hebrew + fonts-ja + fonts-xorg-truetype + taipeifonts + ttfonts-ja + ttfonts-zh_CN - TeTeX users should not forget to rerun texhash. + Debian GNU/Linux: -You also have to install buildscripts/out/ps-to-gifs in a -directory that is in the path. + emacs-intl-fonts + ttf-kochi-gothic + ttf-kochi-mincho + xfonts-bolkhov-75dpi + xfonts-cronyx-75dpi + xfonts-cronyx-100dpi + xfonts-intl-.* -6: CONFIGURING and COMPILING +1.3 Getting the source code +=========================== -to install GNU LilyPond, simply type: +Downloading the Git repository +------------------------------ - gunzip -c lilypond-x.y.z | tar xf - - cd lilypond-x.y.z - ./configure # fill in your standard prefix with --prefix - make - make install +In general, developers compile LilyPond from within a local Git +repository. Setting up a local Git repository is explained in *note +Starting with Git: (lilypond-contributor)Starting with Git. -This will install a number of files, something close to: +Downloading a source tarball +---------------------------- - /usr/local/man/man1/mi2mu.1 - /usr/local/man/man1/convert-mudela.1 - /usr/local/man/man1/mudela-book.1 - /usr/local/man/man1/lilypond.1 - /usr/local/bin/lilypond - /usr/local/bin/mi2mu - /usr/local/share/lilypond/* - /usr/local/share/locale/{it,nl}/LC_MESSAGES/lilypond.mo +Packagers are encouraged to use source tarballs for compiling. -The above assumes that you are root and have the GNU devel- -opment tools, and your make is GNU make. If this is not the -case, you can adjust your environment variables to your -taste: + The tarball for the latest stable release is available on the *note +Source: (lilypond-web)Source. page. - export CPPFLAGS="-I /home/me/my_include -DWEIRD_FOOBAR" - ./configure +The latest source code snapshot +(http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=snapshot) is also +available as a tarball from the GNU Savannah Git server. -CPPFLAGS are the preprocessor flags. +All tagged releases (including legacy stable versions and the most +recent development release) are available here: -The configure script is Cygnus configure, and it will accept ---help. If you are not root, you will probably have to make -it with a different --prefix option. Our favourite location -is + `http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/source/' - ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr + Download the tarball to your `~/src/' directory, or some other +appropriate place. -In this case, you will have to set up MFINPUTS, and TEXIN- -PUTS accordingly. + Note: Be careful where you unpack the tarball! Any + subdirectories of the current folder named `lilypond/' or + `lilypond-X.Y.Z/' (where X.Y.Z is the release number) will be + overwritten if there is a name clash with the tarball. -Since GNU LilyPond currently is beta, you are advised to -also use + Unpack the tarball with this command: - --enable-debugging - --enable-checking + tar -xzf lilypond-X.Y.Z.tar.gz -Options to configure include: + This creates a subdirectory within the current directory called +`lilypond-X.Y.Z/'. Once unpacked, the source files occupy about 40 MB +of disk space. ---enable-printing - Enable debugging print routines (lilypond -D option) + Windows users wanting to look at the source code may have to +download and install the free-software 7zip archiver +(http://www.7-zip.org) to extract the tarball. ---enable-optimise - Set maximum optimisation: compile with -O2. This can - be unreliable on some compiler/platform combinations - (eg, DEC Alpha and PPC) +1.4 Configuring `make' +====================== ---enable-profiling - Compile with support for profiling. +1.4.1 Running `./autogen.sh' +---------------------------- ---enable-config - Output to a different configuration file. Needed for - multi-platform builds +After you unpack the tarball (or download the Git repository), the +contents of your top source directory should be similar to the current +source tree listed at +`http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=lilypond.git;a=tree'. -All options are documented in the configure help The option ---enable-optimise is recommended for Real Life usage. + Next, you need to create the generated files; enter the following +command from your top source directory: -If you do + ./autogen.sh --noconfigure - make all + This will generate a number of files and directories to aid +configuration, such as `configure', `README.txt', etc. -everything will be compiled, but nothing will be installed. -The resulting binaries can be found in the subdirectories -out/ (which contain all files generated during compilation). + Next, create the build directory with: -7: CONFIGURING FOR MULTIPLE PLATFORMS + mkdir build/ + cd build/ -If you want to compile LilyPond with different configuration -settings, then, you can use the --enable-config option. -Example: suppose I want to build with and without profil- -ing. Then I'd use the following for the normal build, + We heavily recommend building lilypond inside a separate directory +with this method. - ./configure --prefix=~ --disable-optimise --enable-checking - make - make install +1.4.2 Running `../configure' +---------------------------- -and for the profiling version, I specify a different config- -uration. +Configuration options +..................... - ./configure --prefix=~ --enable-profiling --enable-config=optprof --enable-optimise --disable-checking - make config=optprof - make config=optprof install + Note: make sure that you are in the `build/' subdirectory of + your source tree. -8: INSTALLING +The `../configure' command (generated by `./autogen.sh') provides many +options for configuring `make'. To see them all, run: -If you have done a successful make, then a simple + ../configure --help - make install +Checking build dependencies +........................... -should do the trick. + Note: make sure that you are in the `build/' subdirectory of + your source tree. -If you are doing an upgrade, please remember to remove obso- -lete .pk and .tfm files of the fonts. A script has been -provided to do the work for you, see bin/clean-fonts.sh. +When `../configure' is run without any arguments, it will check to make +sure your system has everything required for compilation: -CAVEATS + ../configure -o The -O2 option triggers bugs on various platforms - (PowerPC, Alpha). If you experience problems, you + If any build dependency is missing, `../configure' will return with: - should first try turning off this. + ERROR: Please install required programs: FOO -o On PPC you need at least EGCS-1.1.2f. + The following message is issued if you are missing programs that are +only needed for building the documentation: -EXAMPLE + WARNING: Please consider installing optional programs: BAR -This is what I type in my xterm: + If you intend to build the documentation locally, you will need to +install or update these programs accordingly. - lilypond someinput.ly - tex someinput.tex - xdvi someinput& + Note: `../configure' may fail to issue warnings for certain + documentation build requirements that are not met. If you + experience problems when building the documentation, you may + need to do a manual check of *note Requirements for building + documentation::. -This is what the output looks like over here: +Configuring target directories +.............................. - GNU LilyPond 0.0.78 #4/FlowerLib 1.1.24 #0 - Parsing ... [/home/hw/share/lilypond/init// - <..etc..> - init//performer.ly]]][input/kortjakje.ly] - Creating elements ...[8][16][24][25] - Preprocessing elements... - Calculating column positions ... [14][25] - Postprocessing elements... - TeX output to someinput.tex ... - Creating MIDI elements ...MIDI output to someinput.midi ... + Note: make sure that you are in the `build/' subdirectory of + your source tree. - hw:~/musix/spacer$ xdvi someinput& - [1] 855 +If you intend to use your local build to install a local copy of the +program, you will probably want to configure the installation +directory. Here are the relevant lines taken from the output of +`../configure --help': -Check out the input files, some of them have comments Please -refer to the man page for more information. + By default, ``make install'' will install all the files in + `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/lib' etc. You can specify an + installation prefix other than `/usr/local' using ``--prefix'', + for instance ``--prefix=$HOME''. -9: REDHAT LINUX + A typical installation prefix is `$HOME/usr': -RedHat Linux users can compile an RPM. A spec file is in -make/out/lilypond.spec, it is distributed along with the -sources. + ../configure --prefix=$HOME/usr -You can make the rpm by issuing + Note that if you plan to install a local build on a system where you +do not have root privileges, you will need to do something like this +anyway--`make install' will only succeed if the installation prefix +points to a directory where you have write permission (such as your +home directory). The installation directory will be automatically +created if necessary. - rpm -tb lilypond-x.y.z.tar.gz - rpm -i /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/lilypond-x.y.z + The location of the `lilypond' command installed by this process +will be `PREFIX/bin/lilypond'; you may want to add `PREFIX/bin/' to +your `$PATH' if it is not already included. -Precompiled i386 RedHat RPMS are available from -http://linux.umbc.edu/software/lilypond/rpms/. + It is also possible to specify separate installation directories for +different types of program files. See the full output of +`../configure --help' for more information. -10: DEBIAN GNU/LINUX + If you encounter any problems, please see *note Problems::. -A Debian package is also available; contact Anthony Fok -foka@debian.org. The build scripts are in the subdirectory -debian/. +1.5 Compiling LilyPond +====================== -11: WINDOWS NT/95 +1.5.1 Using `make' +------------------ -Separate instructions on building for W32 are avaible in the -file README-W32.yo. + Note: make sure that you are in the `build/' subdirectory of + your source tree. -12: AUTHORS +LilyPond is compiled with the `make' command. Assuming `make' is +configured properly, you can simply run: -Han-Wen Nienhuys + make + + `make' is short for `make all'. To view a list of `make' targets, +run: + + make help + + TODO: Describe what `make' actually does. + + + +See also +........ + + + + *note Generating documentation:: provides more info on the `make' +targets used to build the LilyPond documentation. + +1.5.2 Saving time with the `-j' option +-------------------------------------- + +If your system has multiple CPUs, you can speed up compilation by +adding `-jX' to the `make' command, where `X' is one more than the +number of cores you have. For example, a typical Core2Duo machine +would use: + + make -j3 + + If you get errors using the `-j' option, and `make' succeeds without +it, try lowering the `X' value. + + Because multiple jobs run in parallel when `-j' is used, it can be +difficult to determine the source of an error when one occurs. In that +case, running `make' without the `-j' is advised. + +1.5.3 Compiling for multiple platforms +-------------------------------------- + +If you want to build multiple versions of LilyPond with different +configuration settings, you can use the `--enable-config=CONF' option +of `configure'. You should use `make conf=CONF' to generate the output +in `out-CONF'. For example, suppose you want to build with and without +profiling, then use the following for the normal build + + ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr/ --enable-checking + make + + and for the profiling version, specify a different configuration + + ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr/ --enable-profiling \ + --enable-config=prof --disable-checking + make conf=prof + + If you wish to install a copy of the build with profiling, don't +forget to use `conf=CONF' when issuing `make install': + + make conf=prof install + + +See also +........ + + + + *note Installing LilyPond from a local build:: + +1.5.4 Useful `make' variables +----------------------------- + +If a less verbose build output if desired, the variable `QUIET_BUILD' +may be set to `1' on `make' command line, or in `local.make' at top of +the build tree. + +1.6 Post-compilation options +============================ + +1.6.1 Installing LilyPond from a local build +-------------------------------------------- + +If you configured `make' to install your local build in a directory +where you normally have write permission (such as your home directory), +and you have compiled LilyPond by running `make', you can install the +program in your target directory by running: + + make install + + If instead, your installation directory is not one that you can +normally write to (such as the default `/usr/local/', which typically +is only writeable by the superuser), you will need to temporarily +become the superuser when running `make install': + + sudo make install + +or... + + su -c 'make install' + + If you don't have superuser privileges, then you need to configure +the installation directory to one that you can write to, and then +re-install. See *note Configuring target directories::. + +1.6.2 Generating documentation +------------------------------ + +Documentation editor's edit/compile cycle +......................................... + + * Initial documentation build: + + make [-jX] + make [-jX CPU_COUNT=X] doc _## can take an hour or more_ + make [-jX CPU_COUNT=X] doc-stage-1 _## to build only PDF documentation_ + + * Edit/compile cycle: + + _## edit source files, then..._ + + make [-jX] _## needed if editing outside_ + _## Documentation/, but useful anyway_ + _## for finding Texinfo errors._ + make [-jX CPU_COUNT=X] doc _## usually faster than initial build._ + + * Reset: + + It is generally possible to remove the compiled documentation from + your system with `make doc-clean', but this method is not 100% + guaranteed. Instead, if you want to be sure you have a clean + system, we recommend that you delete your `build/' directory, and + begin compiling from scratch. Since the documentation compile + takes much longer than the non-documentation compile, this does + not increase the overall time by a great deal. + + +Building documentation +...................... + +After a successful compile (using `make'), the documentation can be +built by issuing: + + make doc + + or, to build only the PDF documentation and not the HTML, + + make doc-stage-1 + + Note: The first time you run `make doc', the process can + easily take an hour or more with not much output on the + command line. + + After this initial build, `make doc' only makes changes to the +documentation where needed, so it may only take a minute or two to test +changes if the documentation is already built. + + If `make doc' succeeds, the HTML documentation tree is available in +`out-www/offline-root/', and can be browsed locally. Various portions +of the documentation can be found by looking in `out/' and `out-www' +subdirectories in other places in the source tree, but these are only +_portions_ of the docs. Please do not complain about anything which is +broken in those places; the only complete set of documentation is in +`out-www/offline-root/' from the top of the source tree. + + `make doc' sends the output from most of the compilation to +logfiles. If the build fails for any reason, it should prompt you with +the name of a logfile which will provide information to help you work +out why the build failed. These logfiles are not deleted with +`make doc-clean'. To remove all the logfiles generated by the +compilation process, use: + + make log-clean + + `make doc' compiles the documents for all languages. To save some +compile time, the English language documents can be compiled on their +own with: + + make LANGS='' doc + +Similarly, it is possible to compile a subset of the translated +documentation by specifying their language codes on the command line. +For example, the French and German translations are compiled with: + + make LANGS='de fr' doc + +Note that this will also compile the English version. + + Compilation of documentation in Info format with images can be done +separately by issuing: + + make info + +An issue when switching branches between master and translation is the +appearance/disappearance of translated versions of some manuals. If +you see such a warning from make: + + No rule to make target `X', needed by `Y' + +Your best bet is to delete the file Y.dep and to try again. + +Building a single document +.......................... + +It's possible to build a single document. For example, to rebuild only +`contributor.pdf', do the following: + + cd build/ + cd Documentation/ + touch ../../Documentation/contributor.texi + make out=www out-www/contributor.pdf + + If you are only working on a single document, test-building it in +this way can give substantial time savings - recreating +`contributor.pdf', for example, takes a matter of seconds. + +Saving time with `CPU_COUNT' +............................ + +The most time consuming task for building the documentation is running +LilyPond to build images of music, and there cannot be several +simultaneously running `lilypond-book' instances, so the `-j' `make' +option does not significantly speed up the build process. To help +speed it up, the makefile variable `CPU_COUNT' may be set in +`local.make' or on the command line to the number of `.ly' files that +LilyPond should process simultaneously, e.g. on a bi-processor or dual +core machine: + + make -j3 CPU_COUNT=3 doc + +The recommended value of `CPU_COUNT' is one plus the number of cores or +processors, but it is advisable to set it to a smaller value unless +your system has enough RAM to run that many simultaneous LilyPond +instances. Also, values for the `-j' option that pose problems with +`make' are less likely to pose problems with `make doc' (this applies +to both `-j' and `CPU_COUNT'). For example, with a quad-core processor, +it is possible for `make -j5 CPU_COUNT=5 doc' to work consistently even +if `make -j5' rarely succeeds. + +AJAX search +........... + +To build the documentation with interactive searching, use: + + make doc AJAX_SEARCH=1 + + This requires PHP, and you must view the docs via a http connection +(you cannot view them on your local filesystem). + + Note: Due to potential security or load issues, this option is + not enabled in the official documentation builds. Enable at + your own risk. + +Installing documentation +........................ + +The HTML, PDF and if available Info files can be installed into the +standard documentation path by issuing + + make install-doc + +This also installs Info documentation with images if the installation +prefix is properly set; otherwise, instructions to complete proper +installation of Info documentation are printed on standard output. + + To install the Info documentation separately, run: + + make install-info + +Note that to get the images in Info documentation, `install-doc' target +creates symbolic links to HTML and PDF installed documentation tree in +`PREFIX/share/info', in order to save disk space, whereas +`install-info' copies images in `PREFIX/share/info' subdirectories. + + It is possible to build a documentation tree in +`out-www/online-root/', with special processing, so it can be used on a +website with content negotiation for automatic language selection; this +can be achieved by issuing + + make WEB_TARGETS=online doc + +and both `offline' and `online' targets can be generated by issuing + + make WEB_TARGETS="offline online" doc + + Several targets are available to clean the documentation build and +help with maintaining documentation; an overview of these targets is +available with + + make help + +from every directory in the build tree. Most targets for documentation +maintenance are available from `Documentation/'; for more information, +see *note Documentation work: (lilypond-contributor)Documentation work. + + The makefile variable `QUIET_BUILD' may be set to `1' for a less +verbose build output, just like for building the programs. + +Building documentation without compiling +........................................ + +The documentation can be built locally without compiling LilyPond +binary, if LilyPond is already installed on your system. + + From a fresh Git checkout, do + + ./autogen.sh # ignore any warning messages + cp GNUmakefile.in GNUmakefile + make -C scripts && make -C python + nice make LILYPOND_EXTERNAL_BINARY=/path/to/bin/lilypond doc + + Please note that this may break sometimes - for example, if a new +feature is added with a test file in input/regression, even the latest +development release of LilyPond will fail to build the docs. + + You may build the manual without building all the `input/*' stuff +(i.e. mostly regression tests): change directory, for example to +`Documentation/', issue `make doc', which will build documentation in a +subdirectory `out-www' from the source files in current directory. In +this case, if you also want to browse the documentation in its +post-processed form, change back to top directory and issue + + make out=www WWW-post + + +Known issues and warnings +......................... + +You may also need to create a script for `pngtopnm' and `pnmtopng'. On +GNU/Linux, I use this: + +export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib +exec /usr/bin/pngtopnm "$@" + + On MacOS X with fink, I use this: + +export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=/sw/lib +exec /sw/bin/pngtopnm "$@" + + On MacOS X with macports, you should use this: + +export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/local/lib +exec /opt/local/bin/pngtopnm "$@" + +1.6.3 Testing LilyPond binary +----------------------------- + +LilyPond comes with an extensive suite that exercises the entire +program. This suite can be used to test that the binary has been built +correctly. + + The test suite can be executed with: + +make test + + If the test suite completes successfully, the LilyPond binary has +been verified. + + More information on the regression test suite is found at *note +Regression tests: (lilypond-contributor)Regression tests. + +1.7 Problems +============ + +For help and questions use . Send bug reports +to . + + Bugs that are not fault of LilyPond are documented here. + +Bison 1.875 +----------- + +There is a bug in bison-1.875: compilation fails with "parse error +before `goto'" in line 4922 due to a bug in bison. To fix, please +recompile bison 1.875 with the following fix + + $ cd lily; make out/parser.cc + $ vi +4919 out/parser.cc + # append a semicolon to the line containing "__attribute__ ((__unused__)) + # save + $ make + +Compiling on MacOS X +-------------------- + +Here are special instructions for compiling under MacOS X. These +instructions assume that dependencies are installed using MacPorts. +(http://www.macports.org/) The instructions have been tested using OS X +10.5 (Leopard). + + First, install the relevant dependencies using MacPorts. + + Next, add the following to your relevant shell initialization files. +This is `~/.profile' by default. You should create this file if it +does not exist. + + export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH + export DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/local/lib:$DYLD_FALLBACK_LIBRARY_PATH + + Now you must edit the generated `config.make' file. Change + + FLEXLEXER_FILE = /usr/include/FlexLexer.h + +to: + + FLEXLEXER_FILE = /opt/local/include/FlexLexer.h + + At this point, you should verify that you have the appropriate fonts +installed with your ghostscript installation. Check `ls +/opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts' for: 'c0590*' files (.pfb, .pfb and +.afm). If you don't have them, run the following commands to grab them +from the ghostscript SVN server and install them in the appropriate +location: + + svn export http://svn.ghostscript.com/ghostscript/tags/urw-fonts-1.0.7pre44/ + sudo mv urw-fonts-1.0.7pre44/* /opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts/ + rm -rf urw-fonts-1.07pre44 + + Now run the `./configure' script. To avoid complications with +automatic font detection, add + + --with-ncsb-dir=/opt/local/share/ghostscript/fonts + +Solaris +------- + +Solaris7, ./configure + + `./configure' needs a POSIX compliant shell. On Solaris7, `/bin/sh' +is not yet POSIX compliant, but `/bin/ksh' or bash is. Run configure +like + + CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh ksh -c ./configure + +or + + CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash bash -c ./configure + +FreeBSD +------- + +To use system fonts, dejaview must be installed. With the default +port, the fonts are installed in `usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/dejavu'. + + Open the file `$LILYPONDBASE/usr/etc/fonts/local.conf' and add the +following line just after the `' line. (Adjust as necessary +for your hierarchy.) + + /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts + +International fonts +------------------- + +On Mac OS X, all fonts are installed by default. However, finding all +system fonts requires a bit of configuration; see this post +(http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2007-03/msg00472.html) +on the `lilypond-user' mailing list. + + On Linux, international fonts are installed by different means on +every distribution. We cannot list the exact commands or packages that +are necessary, as each distribution is different, and the exact package +names within each distribution changes. Here are some hints, though: + +Red Hat Fedora + + taipeifonts fonts-xorg-truetype ttfonts-ja fonts-arabic \ + ttfonts-zh_CN fonts-ja fonts-hebrew + +Debian GNU/Linux + + apt-get install emacs-intl-fonts xfonts-intl-.* \ + ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-kochi-mincho \ + xfonts-bolkhov-75dpi xfonts-cronyx-100dpi xfonts-cronyx-75dpi + +Using lilypond python libraries +------------------------------- + +If you want to use lilypond's python libraries (either running certain +build scripts manually, or using them in other programs), set +`PYTHONPATH' to `python/out' in your build directory, or +`.../usr/lib/lilypond/current/python' in the installation directory +structure. + +1.8 Concurrent stable and development versions +============================================== + +It can be useful to have both the stable and the development versions +of Lilypond available at once. One way to do this on GNU/Linux is to +install the stable version using the precompiled binary, and run the +development version from the source tree. After running `make all' +from the top directory of the Lilypond source files, there will be a +binary called `lilypond' in the `out' directory: + + /lilypond/out/bin/lilypond + + This binary can be run without actually doing the `make install' +command. The advantage to this is that you can have all of the latest +changes available after pulling from git and running `make all', +without having to uninstall the old version and reinstall the new. + + So, to use the stable version, install it as usual and use the +normal commands: + + lilypond foobar.ly + + To use the development version, create a link to the binary in the +source tree by saving the following line in a file somewhere in your +`$PATH': + + exec /lilypond/out/bin/lilypond "$@" + + Save it as `Lilypond' (with a capital L to distinguish it from the +stable `lilypond'), and make it executable: + + chmod +x Lilypond + + Then you can invoke the development version this way: + + Lilypond foobar.ly + + TODO: ADD + + - other compilation tricks for developers + +1.9 Build system +================ + +We currently use make and stepmake, which is complicated and only used +by us. Hopefully this will change in the future. + +Version-specific texinfo macros +------------------------------- + + * made with `scripts/build/create-version-itexi.py' and + `scripts/build/create-weblinks-itexi.py' + + * used extensively in the `WEBSITE_ONLY_BUILD' version of the + website (made with `website.make', used on lilypond.org) + + * not (?) used in the main docs? + + * the numbers in VERSION file: MINOR_VERSION should be 1 more than + the last release, VERSION_DEVEL should be the last *online* + release. Yes, VERSION_DEVEL is less than VERSION. -Jan Nieuwenhuizen -Have fun!