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@c \version "2.12.0"

@ifclear INSTALL
@node Install
@chapter Install
@end ifclear

There are two sets of releases for LilyPond: stable releases, and
unstable development releases.  Stable versions have an even-numbered
@q{minor} version number (i.e. 2.8, 2.10, 2.12, etc).  Development
versions have an odd-numbered @q{minor} version number (i.e. 2.7, 2.9,
2.11, etc).

Building LilyPond is a very involved process, so we @strong{highly}
recommend using the precompiled binaries.

@menu
* Precompiled binaries::
@end menu


@node Precompiled binaries
@section Precompiled binaries

@unnumberedsubsec Downloading

Check out @uref{http://lilypond.org/web/install/} for up to date
information on binary packages for your platform.  If your operating
system is not covered on that general page, please see the complete list
at @uref{http://download.linuxaudio.org/lilypond/binaries/}

We currently create binaries for

@example
darwin-ppc  - MacOS X powerpc
darwin-x86  - MacOS X intel
freebsd-64  - FreeBSD 6.x, x86_64
freebsd-x86 - FreeBSD 4.x, x86
linux-64    - Any GNU/Linux distribution, x86_64
linux-ppc   - Any GNU/Linux distribution, powerpc
linux-x86   - Any GNU/Linux distribution, x86
mingw       - Windows x86
@end example

@knownissues

If you have MacOS 10.3 or 10.4 and you would like to use Python
scripts such as @command{convert-ly} and @command{lilypond-book}, see
@ref{Setup for MacOS X,,,lilypond-program,Application Usage}.

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@c   should not be compiling LilyPond themselves; if they really
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