article(INSTALL - compiling and installing GNU LilyPond)(HWN & JCN)() sect(ABSTRACT) You do something which looks remotely like verb( configure # Check out the buildscripts/set-lily.sh script make make install ) The detailed instructions follow here. The file(buildscripts/set-lily.sh) script sets some environment variables and symlinks, which comes in handly when you have to compile LilyPond very often. It is aimed at people who run (or debug) LilyPond without installing. sect(PREREQUISITES) For compilation you need: itemize( it()A GNU system: GNU LilyPond is known to run on these GNU systems: Linux (PPC, intel), FreeBSD, AIX, NeXTStep, IRIX, Digital Unix and Solaris. it()Lots of disk space: LilyPond takes between 50 and 100 mb to compile if you use debugging information. If you are short on disk-space run configure with code(--disable-debugging). Although we recommend to use Unix, LilyPond is known to run on Windows NT/95/98 as well. See Section ref(w32). it() GNU C++ version 2.7 or newer (2.8 and egcs are also fine). it() Python 1.5 (Strictly speaking, you shouldn't need Python for compiling and installing, but you'll need it to regenerate the font tables, e.g.). ) sect(RUNNING) GNU LilyPond does use a lot of resources. For operation you need the following: itemize( it()TeX it()A PostScript printer and/or viewer (such as Ghostscript) is strongly recommended. Xdvi will show all embedded PostScript too if you have Ghostscript installed. ) sect(RECOMMENDED) Although not strictly necessary, these are recommended to have. itemize( it()GNU make. Check out lurl(ftp://ftp.gnu.org) or any mirror of this site. it()Flex (version 2.5.4 or newer). Check out lurl(ftp://ftp.gnu.org) or any mirror of this site. it()Bison (version 1.25 or newer). Check out lurl(ftp://ftp.gnu.org) or any mirror of this site. it()Python (version 1.5 or newer). Check out lurl(ftp://ftp.python.org) or lurl(ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/python). it()Yodl. All documentation will be in Yodl. (1.30.17) lurl(ftp://pcnov095.win.tue.nl/pub/yodl) lurl(http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/yodl) it()Texinfo. (version 3.12 or newer) it()GNU find Check out lurl(ftp://ftp.gnu.org) or any mirror of this site it() A fast computer (a full page of music typically takes 1 minute on my 486/133, using the bf(--enable-checking) compile. It's lot slower than most MusiXTeX preprocessors) ) sect(WEBSITE) If you want to auto-generate Lily's website, you'll need some additional conversion tools. itemize( it()xpmtoppm (from the Portable Bitmap Utilities) (For RedHat Linux users: it is included within the package libgr-progs). it()Bib2html lurl(http://pertsserver.cs.uiuc.edu/~hull/bib2html.) Which, in turn depends on man2html for proper installation. man2html can be had from lurl(http://askdonald.ask.uni-karlsruhe.de/hppd/hpux/Networking/WWW/Man2html-1.05). TeTeX users should not forget to rerun texhash. ) sect(CONFIGURING and COMPILING) to install GNU LilyPond, simply type: verb( configure --enable-tex-dir=XXXX --enable-mf-dir=YYYY make make install ) This will install a number of files, something close to: verb( /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 /usr/lib/texmf/texmf/tex/lilypond/* ) You should specify directories that are in TeX()'s and MetaFont's include path with the options (--enable-tex-dir) and bf(--enable-mf-dir). If you don't specify any directories, the TeX() include directory is detected dynamically, which is unreliable. The above assumes that you are root and have the GNU development tools, and your make is GNU make. If this is not the case, you can adjust your environment variables to your taste: verb( export CPPFLAGS="-I /home/me/my_include -DWEIRD_FOOBAR" configure ) code(CPPFLAGS) are the preprocessor flags. The configure script is Cygnus configure, and it will accept bf(--help). If you are not root, you will probably have to make it with a different bf(--prefix) option. Our favourite location is verb( configure --prefix=$HOME/usr ) In this case, you will have to set up MFINPUTS, and TEXINPUTS accordingly. If you want to install GNU LilyPond in file(/usr/local), and your TeX has no default hooks for local stuff, you can do: verb( configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-tex-prefix=/usr/lib/texmf ) Since GNU LilyPond currently is beta, you are advised to also use verb( --enable-debugging --enable-checking ) Other options include: description( dit(bf(--enable-shared)) Make a shared library (gnu/linux, solaris (?) only ) (TEMPORARILY OUT OF ORDER) dit(bf(--enable-printing)) Enable debugging print routines (lilypond bf(-D) option) dit(bf(--enable-optimise)) Set maximum optimisation: compile with bf(-O2) dit(bf(--enable-profiling)) Compile with support for profiling. dit(bf(--enable-tex-prefix)) Set the directory where TeX and Metafont live. dit(bf(--enable-tex-dir)) Set then directory TeX input is in (detected as a subdir of tex-prefix). This should be a directory that is reachable both for tex and latex. On my system the best choice would be file(/usr/lib/texmf/texmf/tex/generic//). dit(bf(--enable-mf-dir)) Set the directory metafont input is in (idem). On my system the best choice would be file(/usr/lib/texmf/texmf/fonts/source/public/). dit(bf(--enable-config)) Output to a different configuration file. Needed for multi-platform builds ) All options are documented in the file(configure) help The option bf(--enable-optimise) is recommended for Real Life usage. If you do verb( make all ) everything will be compiled, but nothing will be installed. The resulting binaries can be found in the subdirectories file(out/) (which contain all files generated during compilation). sect(CONFIGURING FOR MULTIPLE PLATFORMS) If you want to compile LilyPond with different configuration settings, then, you can use the bf(--enable-config) option. Example: suppose I want to build with and without profiling. Then I'd use the following for the normal build, verb( configure --prefix=~ --disable-optimise --enable-checking make make install ) and for the profiling version, I specify a different configuration. verb( configure --prefix=~ --enable-profiling --enable-config=optprof --enable-optimise --disable-checking make config=optprof make config=optprof install ) sect(INSTALLING) If you have done a successful code(make), then a simple verb( make install ) should do the trick. If you are doing an upgrade, please remember to remove obsolete file(.pk) and file(.tfm) files of the fonts. A script has been provided to do the work for you, see file(bin/clean-fonts.sh). nsect(CAVEATS) itemize( it()The -O2 option to gcc triggers a gcc bug on DEC Alpha in dstream.cc. You should turn off this flag for this file. ) nsect(EXAMPLE) This is what I type in my xterm: verb( lilypond someinput.ly tex someinput.tex xdvi someinput& ) This is what the output looks like over here: verb( 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 ... hw:~/musix/spacer$ xdvi someinput& [1] 855 ) Check out the input files, some of them have comments Please refer to the man page for more information. sect(REDHAT LINUX) RedHat Linux users can compile an RPM. A spec file is in file(make/out/lilypond.spec). You should install a gif file called file(lelie_icon.gif) along with the sources. You can generate this gif file by typing verb( make gifs ) in the directory file(Documentation). You can make the rpm by issuing verb( make rpm ) sect(DEBIAN GNU/LINUX) A Debian package is also available; contact Anthony Fok email(foka@debian.org). The build scripts are in the subdirectory file(debian/) sect(WINDOWS NT/95) label(w32) Separate instructions on building for W32 are avaible url(in the file README-W32.yo)(../../DOEXPAND(outdir)/README-W32.html). sect(AUTHORS) nemail(Han-Wen Nienhuys)(hanwen@cs.uu.nl) nemail(Jan Nieuwenhuizen)(janneke@gnu.org) Have fun!