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3 @settitle FAQ - GNU LilyPond Frequently Asked Questions
7 @chapter FAQ - GNU LilyPond Frequently Asked Questions
11 * General:: General questions
12 * Installation:: Installation questions
19 @subsection I'm stuck, HELP!
22 @uref{http://appel.lilypond.org/wiki?LilyPondFaqs, full online
23 FAQs}. Also, please look in the searchable mailinglist archives:
27 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/help-gnu-music@@gnu.org,help-gnu-music}
29 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org,bug-gnu-music}
31 @uref{http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org,gnu-music-discuss}
34 If you are still at loss, send your questions to the @strong{mailing
35 list}, and not to authors directly.
40 @subsection Where is guile, libguileX, guile-config?
42 RedHat users need to install guile-1.4 and guile-devel-1.4, Debian
43 users need to get guile1.4, libguile9 and libguile9-dev.
45 If you're building from source, you need guile 1.3.4 or newer. Verify
46 that the correct guile, guile-config, and libguile* in your PATH and
47 LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or @file{/etc/ld.so.conf}).
49 @subsection I upgraded by applying a patch, and now my configure/build breaks.
51 Patches don't include automatically generated files, i.e.
52 @file{configure} and files generated by @file{configure}. Regenerate them
61 @subsection I downloaded the windows32 port, and it doesn't match the website!
63 The website is usually made from the latest snapshots. Binary releases,
64 in particular the windows32 binaries, are only made every once in a while.
65 They may lag several versions behind the latest version.
67 @subsection Beams, slurs and crescendi are not displayed at all!
69 XDvi uses GhostScript for displaying PostScript, check that you have
70 GhostScript installed. If you use a different DVI viewer (eg, on
71 Windows), check if it will display embedded PostScript. Don't worry,
72 the symbols should appear on the printout.