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3 @settitle INSTALL - compiling and installing GNU LilyPond
8 @chapter INSTALL - compiling and installing GNU LilyPond
12 You can get the latest version of LilyPond at
13 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/,
14 ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/}.
17 @emph{If you upgrade by patching do remember to rerun autoconf after
20 If you do not want to download the entire archive for each version, the
21 safest method for upgrading is to use @file{xdelta}, see
22 @uref{ftp://ftp.xcf.berkeley.edu/pub/xdelta/}.
24 The following command produces @file{lilypond-1.1.55.tar.gz} from
25 @file{lilypond-1.1.54} identical (up to compression dates) to the .55 on
28 xdelta patch lilypond-1.1.54-1.1.55.xd lilypond-1.1.54.tar.gz
31 @section Prerequisites
33 For compilation you need:
36 @item A GNU system: GNU LilyPond is known to run on these GNU systems: Linux
37 (PPC, intel), FreeBSD, AIX, NeXTStep, IRIX, Digital Unix and
40 @item Lots of disk space: LilyPond takes between 30 and 100 mb to
41 compile if you use debugging information. If you are short on
42 disk-space run configure with @code{--disable-debugging}.
45 Although we recommend to use Unix, LilyPond is known to run on Windows
46 NT/95/98 as well. See Section Windows NT/95,es.
48 @item A reasonable C++ compiler: EGCS 1.1, GCC 2.95.2 or newer. Check out @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/}.
51 Check out @uref{ftp://ftp.python.org} or
52 @uref{ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/python}.
54 @item GUILE 1.3.4 or newer, check out
55 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html,http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html}.
56 Version 1.4 is recommended for better performance.
60 @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/,ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/}.
62 @item Flex (version 2.5.4a or newer).
63 Check out @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/non-gnu/flex/,ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/non-gnu/flex/}.
65 @item Bison (version 1.25 or newer).
66 Check out @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/,ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/}.
68 @item TeX. If you want LilyPond to use kpathsea support (recommended),
69 make sure you have tetex 1.0 or newer (1.0.6 is known to work). You may
70 need to install a tetex-devel or tetex-dev package too.
72 @item Texinfo (version 4.0 or newer).
73 Check out @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/,ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/}.
74 Most documentation is in texinfo.
76 @item The geometry package for LaTeX is needed to use ly2dvi.
78 @uref{ftp://ftp.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry,ftp://ftp.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry}
79 or at mirror site @uref{ftp://ftp.dante.de,ftp://ftp.dante.de}
81 @item MetaPost, needed for generating PostScript fonts. Please
82 note that tetex-0.4pl8 (included with Redhat 5.x) does not include
83 @file{mfplain.mp}, which is needed for producing the scalable font
86 If you do not want to use PostScript output, edit @file{mf/GNUmakefile},
87 removing the line saying @code{PFA_FILES=}
89 @item kpathsea, a library for searching (TeX) files. @code{kpathsea} is
90 usually included with your installation of TeX.
96 GNU LilyPond does use a lot of resources. For operation you need the
101 @item A PostScript printer and/or viewer (such as Ghostscript) is strongly
102 recommended. Xdvi will show all embedded PostScript too if you have
103 Ghostscript installed.
104 @item GUILE 1.3.4, or newer. Check out @uref{http://www.gnu.org/programs/guile.html,http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/}
107 For running LilyPond successfully you have to help TeX and MetaFont find
108 various files. The recommended way of doing so is adjusting the
109 environment variables in the start-up scripts of your shell. Appropriate
110 Csh and sh scripts are left in @file{buildscripts/out/lilypond-profile}
111 and @file{buildscripts/out/lilypond-login} after compilation.
113 The empty path component represents TeX and MetaFont's default search
114 paths. Scripts with the proper paths for the bourne and C-shell
115 respectively are generated in @file{buildscripts/out/lilypond-profile}
116 and @file{buildscripts/out/lilypond-login} during compilation.
118 LilyPond is a big and slow program. A fast CPU and plenty of RAM is
119 recommended for comfortable use.
123 The website is the most convenient form to use for reading the
124 documentation on-line documentation. It is made by entering @example
129 This does require a functioning LilyPond. The binary doesn't have to
132 If you want to auto-generate Lily's website, you'll need some additional
136 @item xpmtoppm (from the netpbm package: the Portable Bitmap Utilities) (For RedHat Linux
137 users: it is included within the package libgr-progs).
139 @uref{ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/utilities/netpbm-1mar1994.p1.tar.gz,ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/utilities/netpbm-1mar1994.p1.tar.gz}
141 @item pnmtopng (also in libgr-progs for RedHat). The original is
143 @uref{ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png/applications/pnmtopng-2.37.2.tar.gz,ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png/applications/pnmtopng-2.37.2.tar.gz}.i
145 The version of @file{pnmtopng} that is distributed with RedHat 5.1 and
146 5.2 contains a bug: pnmtopng is dynamically linked to the wrong
149 @item @uref{http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/ftp/bibtex2html/, Bibtex2html}, or
150 @uref{http://www.uni-koblenz.de/ag-ki/ftp/bib2html/, Bib2html}.
151 Bibtex2html is available in debian, while bib2html is in some rpm based
153 Bib2html, in turn depends on man2html for proper installation.
154 man2html can be had from @uref{http://askdonald.ask.uni-karlsruhe.de/hppd/hpux/Networking/WWW/Man2html-1.05,http://askdonald.ask.uni-karlsruhe.de/hppd/hpux/Networking/WWW/Man2html-1.05}.
156 The website will build without bib converter utility, but you will not
157 see our hypertextified bibliography.
161 @section Configuring and compiling
163 to install GNU LilyPond, simply type:
165 gunzip -c lilypond-x.y.z | tar xf -
167 ./configure # fill in your standard prefix with --prefix
172 This will install a number of files, something close to:
175 /usr/local/man/man1/midi2ly.1
176 /usr/local/man/man1/abc2ly.1
177 /usr/local/man/man1/etf2ly.1
178 /usr/local/man/man1/convert-ly.1
179 /usr/local/man/man1/lilypond-book.1
180 /usr/local/man/man1/lilypond.1
181 /usr/local/bin/lilypond
182 /usr/local/bin/midi2ly
183 /usr/local/bin/convert-ly
184 /usr/local/bin/lilypond-book
185 /usr/local/bin/abc2ly
186 /usr/local/bin/pmx2ly
187 /usr/local/bin/musedata2ly
188 /usr/local/bin/etf2ly
189 /usr/local/share/lilypond/*
190 /usr/local/share/locale/@{....@}/LC_MESSAGES/lilypond.mo
194 The above assumes that you are root and have the GNU development
195 tools, and your make is GNU make. If this is not the case, you can
196 adjust your environment variables to your taste:
200 export CPPFLAGS="-I /home/me/my_include -DWEIRD_FOOBAR"
205 @code{CPPFLAGS} are the preprocessor flags.
207 The configure script is Cygnus configure, and it will accept
208 @code{--help}. If you are not root, you will probably have to make it
209 with a different @code{--prefix} option. Our favourite location is
213 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr
217 In this case, you will have to set up MFINPUTS, and TEXINPUTS accordingly.
219 Since GNU LilyPond currently is beta, you are advised to also use
228 Options to configure include:
231 @item @code{--enable-printing}
232 Enable debugging print routines (lilypond @code{-D} option)
233 @item @code{--enable-optimise}
234 Set maximum optimisation: compile with @code{-O2}. This can be
235 unreliable on some compiler/platform combinations (eg, DEC Alpha and PPC)
236 @item @code{--enable-profiling}
237 Compile with support for profiling.
238 @item @code{--enable-config}
239 Output to a different configuration file. Needed for multi-platform
243 All options are documented in the @file{configure} help
244 The option @code{--enable-optimise} is recommended for Real Life usage.
254 everything will be compiled, but nothing will be installed. The
255 resulting binaries can be found in the subdirectories @file{out/} (which
256 contain all files generated during compilation).
258 @section Configuring for multiple platforms
260 If you want to compile LilyPond with different configuration settings,
261 then, you can use the @code{--enable-config} option. Example: suppose I
262 want to build with and without profiling. Then I'd use the
263 following for the normal build,
267 ./configure --prefix=~ --disable-optimise --enable-checking
273 and for the profiling version, I specify a different configuration.
277 ./configure --prefix=~ --enable-profiling --enable-config=prof --enable-optimise --disable-checking
279 make config=prof install
286 if you have done a successful @code{make}, then a simple
296 If you are doing an upgrade, please remember to remove obsolete
297 @file{.pk} and @file{.tfm} files of the fonts. A script has been
298 provided to do the work for you, see @file{bin/clean-fonts.sh}.
301 @section Redhat linux
303 RedHat Linux users can compile an RPM. A spec file is in
304 @file{make/out/lilypond.spec}, it is distributed along with the
307 You can make the rpm by issuing
310 rpm -tb lilypond-x.y.z.tar.gz
311 rpm -i /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/lilypond-x.y.z
315 Precompiled RedHat-7.0 i386 RPMS are available from
316 @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/}.
318 For compilation on a RedHat system you need these packages,
319 in addition to the those needed for running:
322 @item libstdc++-devel
330 @section Debian GNU/linux
332 A Debian package is also available; see
333 @uref{http://packages.debian.org/lilypond,http://packages.debian.org/lilypond}
334 or contact Anthony Fok @email{foka@@debian.org} for more information.
336 The build scripts are in the subdirectory @file{debian/}; you can
337 make the .deb by doing
341 tar xzf lilypond-x.y.z.tar.gz
344 dpkg -i ../lilypond_x.y.z*deb
348 For compilation on a Debian GNU/Linux system you need these packages,
349 in addition to the those needed for running:
352 @item libstdc++<your-libstdc++-version-here>-dev
353 @item libguile<your-libguile-version-here>-dev
363 @section Windows NT/95
365 Separate instructions on building for W32 are available; See the files
366 in @file{Documentation/ntweb/}, included with the sources.
370 For help and questions use @email{help-gnu-music@@gnu.org} and
371 @email{gnu-music-discuss@@gnu.org}. Please consult the faq before
372 mailing your problems.
374 If you find bugs, please send bug reports to
375 @email{bug-gnu-music@@gnu.org}.
377 Bugs that are LilyPond's fault are listed in our TODO list on the
378 web, or demonstrated in @file{input/bugs/}.
380 Bugs that are not LilyPond's fault are documented here.
383 @unnumbered LinuxPPC Bugs:
386 @item egcs-1.1.2-12c (stock LinuxPPC R5) has a serious bug, upgrade to
387 fixed in egcs-1.1.2-12f or gcc-2.95-0a, @uref{ftp://dev.linuxppc.org/users/fsirl/R5/RPMS/ppc/}
389 @item egcs-1.0.2 (LinuxPPC R4):
390 all compiling with @code{-O2} is suspect, in particular guile-1.3, and
391 Lily herself will break.
396 @unnumbered Linux-i386
399 @item SuSE6.2 and similar platforms (glibc 2.1, libstdc++ 2.9.0)
401 Lily will crash during parsing (which suggests a C++ library
402 incompatibility). Precise cause, precise platform description or
403 solution are not known.
405 Note that this only happens on some computers with the said platform.
409 LilyPond occasionally crashes while parsing the initialisation files.
410 This is a very obscure bug, and usually entering the commandline
411 differently "fixes" it.
419 lilypond -I. ./input.ly
426 __libc_malloc (bytes=16384)
428 yyFlexLexer::yy_create_buffer ()
429 Includable_lexer::new_input (this=0x8209a00, s=@{strh_ = @{
432 This behaviour has been observed with machines that have old libg++
433 versions (LinuxPPC feb '98, RedHat 4.x).
442 @item Sparc64/Solaris 2.6, GNU make-3.77
444 GNU make-3.77 is buggy on this platform, upgrade to 3.78.1 or newer.
447 @item Sparc64/Solaris 2.6, ld
458 The following is from the gcc install/SPECIFIC file.
460 Some versions of the AIX binder (linker) can fail with a relocation
461 overflow severe error when the -bbigtoc option is used to link
462 GCC-produced object files into an executable that overflows the TOC. A
463 fix for APAR IX75823 (OVERFLOW DURING LINK WHEN USING GCC AND
464 -BBIGTOC) is available from IBM Customer Support and from its
465 27service.boulder.ibm.com website as PTF U455193.
467 Binutils does not support AIX 4.3 (at least through release 2.9). GNU
468 as and GNU ld will not work properly and one should not configure GCC
469 to use those GNU utilities. Use the native AIX tools which do
470 interoperate with GCC.
473 add -Wl,-bbigtoc to USER_LDFLAGS, ie:
475 LDFLAGS='-Wl,-bbigtoc' ./configure