3 INSTALL - compiling and installing GNU LilyPond
4 ***********************************************
9 You can get the latest version of LilyPond at
10 ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/
11 (ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/).
13 _If you upgrade by patching do remember to rerun autoconf after
16 If you do not want to download the entire archive for each version,
17 the safest method for upgrading is to use `xdelta', see
18 `ftp://ftp.xcf.berkeley.edu/pub/xdelta/'.
20 The following command produces `lilypond-1.3.122.tar.gz' from
21 `lilypond-1.3.121' identical (up to compression dates) to the .122 on
23 xdelta patch lilypond-1.3.121-1.3.122.xd lilypond-1.3.121.tar.gz
28 For compilation you need:
30 * A GNU system: GNU LilyPond is known to run on these GNU systems:
31 Linux (PPC, intel), FreeBSD, AIX, NeXTStep, IRIX, Digital Unix
34 * Lots of disk space: LilyPond takes between 30 and 100 mb to
35 compile if you use debugging information. If you are short on
36 disk-space run configure with `--disable-debugging'.
38 * Although we recommend to use Unix, LilyPond is known to run on
39 Windows NT/95/98 as well. See Section Windows NT/95,es.
41 * A reasonable C++ compiler: EGCS 1.1, GCC 2.95.2 or newer. Check
42 out `ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/'.
44 * Python 1.5, Check out `ftp://ftp.python.org' or
45 `ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/python'.
47 * GUILE 1.3.4 or newer, check out
48 http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html
49 (http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html). Version 1.4 is
50 recommended for better performance.
52 * GNU Make. Check out ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
53 (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/).
55 * Flex (version 2.5.4a or newer). Check out
56 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/non-gnu/flex/
57 (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/non-gnu/flex/).
59 * Bison (version 1.25 or newer). Check out
60 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/ (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/).
62 * TeX. If you want LilyPond to use kpathsea support (recommended),
63 make sure you have tetex 1.0 or newer (1.0.6 is known to work).
64 You may need to install a tetex-devel or tetex-dev package too.
66 * Texinfo (version 4.0 or newer). Check out
67 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/ (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/).
68 Most documentation is in texinfo.
70 * The geometry package for LaTeX is needed to use ly2dvi. Available
72 ftp://ftp.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry
73 (ftp://ftp.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry)
74 or at mirror site ftp://ftp.dante.de (ftp://ftp.dante.de)
76 * MetaPost, needed for generating PostScript fonts. Please note that
77 tetex-0.4pl8 (included with Red Hat 5.x) does not include
78 `mfplain.mp', which is needed for producing the scalable font
81 If you do not want to use PostScript output, edit `mf/GNUmakefile',
82 removing the line saying `PFA_FILES='
84 * kpathsea, a library for searching (TeX) files. `kpathsea' is
85 usually included with your installation of TeX.
91 GNU LilyPond does use a lot of resources. For operation you need the
96 * A PostScript printer and/or viewer (such as Ghostscript) is
97 strongly recommended. Xdvi will show all embedded PostScript
98 too if you have Ghostscript installed.
100 * GUILE 1.3.4, or newer. Check out
101 http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/
102 (http://www.gnu.org/programs/guile.html)
104 For running LilyPond successfully you have to help TeX and MetaFont
105 find various files. The recommended way of doing so is adjusting the
106 environment variables in the start-up scripts of your shell. Appropriate
107 Csh and sh scripts are left in `buildscripts/out/lilypond-profile' and
108 `buildscripts/out/lilypond-login' after compilation.
110 The empty path component represents TeX and MetaFont's default search
111 paths. Scripts with the proper paths for the bourne and C-shell
112 respectively are generated in `buildscripts/out/lilypond-profile' and
113 `buildscripts/out/lilypond-login' during compilation.
115 LilyPond is a big and slow program. A fast CPU and plenty of RAM is
116 recommended for comfortable use.
121 The website is the most convenient form to use for reading the
122 documentation on-line documentation. It is made by entering
125 This does require a functioning LilyPond. The binary doesn't have to
128 If you want to auto-generate Lily's website, you'll need some
129 additional conversion tools.
131 * xpmtoppm (from the netpbm package: the Portable Bitmap Utilities)
132 (For Red Hat Linux users: it is included within the
133 package libgr-progs). The original is at
134 ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/utilities/netpbm-1mar1994.p1.tar.gz
135 (ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/utilities/netpbm-1mar1994.p1.tar.gz)
137 * pnmtopng (also in libgr-progs for Red Hat). The original is at
138 ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png/applications/pnmtopng-2.37.2.tar.gz
139 (ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png/applications/pnmtopng-2.37.2.tar.gz).i
141 The version of `pnmtopng' that is distributed with Red Hat 5.1 and
142 5.2 contains a bug: pnmtopng is dynamically linked to the wrong
145 * Bibtex2html (http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/ftp/bibtex2html/), or
146 Bib2html (http://www.uni-koblenz.de/ag-ki/ftp/bib2html/).
147 Bibtex2html is available in debian, while bib2html is in some rpm
148 based distributions. Bib2html, in turn depends on man2html for
149 proper installation. man2html can be had from
150 http://askdonald.ask.uni-karlsruhe.de/hppd/hpux/Networking/WWW/Man2html-1.05
151 (http://askdonald.ask.uni-karlsruhe.de/hppd/hpux/Networking/WWW/Man2html-1.05).
153 The website will build without bib converter utility, but you will
154 not see our hypertextified bibliography.
157 Configuring and compiling
158 =========================
160 to install GNU LilyPond, simply type:
161 gunzip -c lilypond-x.y.z | tar xf -
163 ./configure # fill in your standard prefix with --prefix
167 This will install a number of files, something close to:
169 /usr/local/man/man1/midi2ly.1
170 /usr/local/man/man1/abc2ly.1
171 /usr/local/man/man1/etf2ly.1
172 /usr/local/man/man1/convert-ly.1
173 /usr/local/man/man1/lilypond-book.1
174 /usr/local/man/man1/lilypond.1
175 /usr/local/bin/lilypond
176 /usr/local/bin/midi2ly
177 /usr/local/bin/convert-ly
178 /usr/local/bin/lilypond-book
179 /usr/local/bin/abc2ly
180 /usr/local/bin/pmx2ly
181 /usr/local/bin/musedata2ly
182 /usr/local/bin/etf2ly
183 /usr/local/share/lilypond/*
184 /usr/local/share/locale/{....}/LC_MESSAGES/lilypond.mo
186 The above assumes that you are root and have the GNU development
187 tools, and your make is GNU make. If this is not the case, you can
188 adjust your environment variables to your taste:
191 export CPPFLAGS="-I /home/me/my_include -DWEIRD_FOOBAR"
194 `CPPFLAGS' are the preprocessor flags.
196 The configure script is Cygnus configure, and it will accept
197 `--help'. If you are not root, you will probably have to make it with a
198 different `--prefix' option. Our favourite location is
201 ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr
203 In this case, you will have to set up MFINPUTS, and TEXINPUTS
206 Since GNU LilyPond currently is beta, you are advised to also use
212 Options to configure include:
214 ``--enable-printing''
215 Enable debugging print routines (lilypond `-D' option)
217 ``--enable-optimise''
218 Set maximum optimisation: compile with `-O2'. This can be
219 unreliable on some compiler/platform combinations (eg, DEC Alpha
222 ``--enable-profiling''
223 Compile with support for profiling.
226 Output to a different configuration file. Needed for
227 multi-platform builds
229 All options are documented in the `configure' help The option
230 `--enable-optimise' is recommended for Real Life usage.
237 everything will be compiled, but nothing will be installed. The
238 resulting binaries can be found in the subdirectories `out/' (which
239 contain all files generated during compilation).
241 Configuring for multiple platforms
242 ==================================
244 If you want to compile LilyPond with different configuration
245 settings, then, you can use the `--enable-config' option. Example:
246 suppose I want to build with and without profiling. Then I'd use the
247 following for the normal build,
250 ./configure --prefix=~ --disable-optimise --enable-checking
254 and for the profiling version, I specify a different configuration.
257 ./configure --prefix=~ --enable-profiling --enable-config=prof --enable-optimise --disable-checking
259 make config=prof install
264 if you have done a successful `make', then a simple
271 If you are doing an upgrade, please remember to remove obsolete
272 `.pk' and `.tfm' files of the fonts. A script has been provided to do
273 the work for you, see `bin/clean-fonts.sh'.
278 Red Hat Linux users can compile an RPM. A spec file is in
279 `make/out/lilypond.spec'; it is distributed along with the sources.
281 You can make the rpm by issuing
283 rpm -tb lilypond-x.y.z.tar.gz
284 rpm -i /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/lilypond-x.y.z
286 Precompiled Red Hat 7.0 i386 RPMS are available from
287 `ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/'.
289 For compilation on a Red Hat system you need these packages, in
290 addition to the those needed for running:
308 A Debian package is also available. You may install it easily by
309 using apt-get as root:
311 apt-get install lilypond1.3
315 * http://packages.debian.org/lilypond
316 (http://packages.debian.org/lilypond)
318 * http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lilypond1.3/
319 (http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lilypond1.3/) for latest
320 package uploaded to Debian unstable;
322 * http://people.debian.org/~foka/lilypond/
323 (http://people.debian.org/~foka/lilypond/) for latest
324 semi-unofficial build of LilyPond 1.3.121 for Debian 2.2r2
325 (potato) users. The official stable Debian 2.2r2 is stuck with
326 the old LilyPond-1.3.24.
328 You may contact Anthony Fok <foka@debian.org> for more information.
330 The build scripts are in the subdirectory `debian/'; you can make
331 the .deb by doing, for example:
334 # dpkg --purge lilypond lilypond1.3
336 $ tar xzf lilypond-1.3.122.tar.gz
337 $ cd lilypond-1.3.122
338 $ dch -p -v 1.3.122-0.local.1 "Local build."
341 # dpkg -i ../lilypond1.3_1.3.122*.deb
345 For compilation on a Debian GNU/Linux system you need these packages,
346 in addition to the those needed for running:
348 * g++, cpp, libc6-dev, libstdc++<your-libstdc++-version-here>-dev
350 * libguile<your-libguile-version-here>-dev
352 * make, m4, flex, bison
356 * groff, texinfo, bibtex2html (not in 2.2r2)
358 * tetex-base, tetex-bin, tetex-extra, libkpathsea-dev or tetex-dev
360 * dpkg-dev, debhelper, fakeroot
362 * gs, netpbm, pnmtopng
364 Most of these are listed on the Build-Depends line in the
365 debian/control file. To ensure the creation of the lilypond deb is
366 trouble-free, we recommend that you first install the following packages
367 before starting dpkg-buildpackage by running apt-get as root.
369 For Debian 2.2 (or 2.2r2, 2.2r3):
371 apt-get install task-debian-devel task-c++-dev \
372 python-base libguile6-dev tetex-bin tetex-dev \
373 tetex-extra flex bison texinfo groff gs \
374 netpbm pnmtopng m4 gettext
376 For Debian in development ("unstable", the future 2.3 or 3.0):
378 apt-get install task-debian-devel task-c++-dev \
379 python-base libguile9-dev tetex-bin libkpathsea-dev \
380 tetex-extra flex bison texinfo bibtex2html groff gs \
381 netpbm pnmtopng m4 gettext
383 And, just so that old fonts from previous versions of LilyPond won't
384 interfere with your build, you may want to do this before the build too:
386 dpkg --purge lilypond lilypond1.3
391 Separate instructions on building for W32 are available; See the
392 files in `Documentation/ntweb/', included with the sources.
397 For help and questions use <help-gnu-music@gnu.org> and
398 <gnu-music-discuss@gnu.org>. Please consult the faq before mailing
401 If you find bugs, please send bug reports to <bug-gnu-music@gnu.org>.
403 Bugs that are LilyPond's fault are listed in our TODO list on the
404 web, or demonstrated in `input/bugs/'.
406 Bugs that are not LilyPond's fault are documented here.
411 * egcs-1.1.2-12c (stock LinuxPPC R5) has a serious bug, upgrade to
412 fixed in egcs-1.1.2-12f or gcc-2.95-0a,
413 `ftp://dev.linuxppc.org/users/fsirl/R5/RPMS/ppc/'
415 * egcs-1.0.2 (LinuxPPC R4): all compiling with `-O2' is suspect, in
416 particular guile-1.3, and Lily herself will break.
421 * SuSE6.2 and similar platforms (glibc 2.1, libstdc++ 2.9.0)
423 Lily will crash during parsing (which suggests a C++ library
424 incompatibility). Precise cause, precise platform description or
425 solution are not known.
427 Note that this only happens on some computers with the said
432 LilyPond occasionally crashes while parsing the initialisation
433 files. This is a very obscure bug, and usually entering the
434 commandline differently "fixes" it.
439 lilypond -I. ./input.ly
444 __libc_malloc (bytes=16384)
446 yyFlexLexer::yy_create_buffer ()
447 Includable_lexer::new_input (this=0x8209a00, s={strh_ = {
449 This behaviour has been observed with machines that have old libg++
450 versions (LinuxPPC feb '98, Red Hat 4.x).
455 * Sparc64/Solaris 2.6, GNU make-3.77
457 GNU make-3.77 is buggy on this platform, upgrade to 3.78.1 or
460 * Sparc64/Solaris 2.6, ld
469 The following is from the gcc install/SPECIFIC file.
470 Some versions of the AIX binder (linker) can fail with a
471 relocation overflow severe error when the -bbigtoc option
472 is used to link GCC-produced object files into an
473 executable that overflows the TOC. A fix for APAR IX75823
474 (OVERFLOW DURING LINK WHEN USING GCC AND -BBIGTOC) is
475 available from IBM Customer Support and from its
476 27service.boulder.ibm.com website as PTF U455193.
478 Binutils does not support AIX 4.3 (at least through release
479 2.9). GNU as and GNU ld will not work properly and one
480 should not configure GCC to use those GNU utilities. Use
481 the native AIX tools which do interoperate with GCC.
483 add -Wl,-bbigtoc to USER_LDFLAGS, ie:
484 LDFLAGS='-Wl,-bbigtoc' ./configure