+@node Requirements for running LilyPond
+@subsection Requirements for running LilyPond
+
+This section contains the list of separate software packages that are
+required to run LilyPond.
+
+@itemize
+
+@item @uref{http://www.dejavu-fonts.org/, DejaVu fonts}
+These are normally installed by default.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.fontconfig.org/, FontConfig}
+Use version 2.4.0 or newer.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.freetype.org/, Freetype}
+Use version 2.1.10 or newer.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.ghostscript.com, Ghostscript}
+Use version 8.60 or newer.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html, Guile}
+Use version 1.8.8. Version 2.x of Guile is not currently supported.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.pango.org/, Pango}
+User version 1.12 or newer.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.python.org, Python}
+Use version 2.4 or newer.
+
+@item
+International fonts. For example:
+
+Fedora:
+
+@example
+fonts-arabic
+fonts-hebrew
+fonts-ja
+fonts-xorg-truetype
+taipeifonts
+ttfonts-ja
+ttfonts-zh_CN
+@end example
+
+Debian based distributions:
+
+@example
+emacs-intl-fonts
+fonts-ipafont-gothic
+fonts-ipafont-mincho
+xfonts-bolkhov-75dpi
+xfonts-cronyx-75dpi
+xfonts-cronyx-100dpi
+xfonts-intl-.*
+@end example
+
+These are normally installed by default and are required only to create
+music with international text or lyrics.
+
+@end itemize
+
+
+@node Requirements for compiling LilyPond
+@subsection Requirements for compiling LilyPond
+
+This section contains instructions on how to quickly and easily get all
+the software packages required to build LilyPond.
+
+Most of the more popular Linux distributions only require a few simple
+commands to download all the software needed. For others, there is an
+explicit list of all the individual packages (as well as where to get
+them from) for those that are not already included in your
+distributions' own repositories.
+
+@ignore
+I have tested all of the following four Linux Distributions listed here
+Using a simple virtual machine and the appropriate ISO image file
+downloaded from each distribution's own website. The instructions
+documented were run immediately after the initial installation
+(without any further additional configuration to the OS) and I made sure
+that I was able to run the full set of make, make test-baseline, make
+check and a full make doc. - James
+@end ignore
+
+@menu
+* Fedora::
+* Linux Mint::
+* OpenSUSE::
+* Ubuntu::
+* Other::
+@end menu
+
+
+@node Fedora
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Fedora
+
+The following instructions were tested on @q{Fedora} versions 22 & 23
+and will download all the software required to both compile LilyPond and
+build the documentation.
+
+@itemize
+
+@item
+Download and install all the LilyPond build-dependencies (approximately
+700MB);
+
+@example
+sudo dnf builddep lilypond --nogpgcheck
+@end example
+
+@item
+Download and install additional @q{build} tools required for compiling;
+
+@example
+sudo dnf install autoconf gcc-c++
+@end example
+
+@item
+Download @code{texi2html 1.82} directly from:
+@uref{http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/texi2html/texi2html-1.82.tar.gz};
+
+@code{texi2html} is only required if you intend to compile LilyPond's
+own documentation (e.g. to help with any document writing). The version
+available in the Fedora repositories is too new and will not work.
+Extract the files into an appropriate location and then run the
+commands;
+
+@example
+./configure
+make
+sudo make install
+@end example
+
+This should install @code{texi2html 1.82} into @code{/usr/local/bin},
+which will normally take priority over @code{/usr/bin} where the
+later, pre-installed versions gets put. Now verify that your operating
+system is able to see the correct version of @code{texi2html}.
+
+@example
+texi2html --version
+@end example
+
+@item
+Although not @q{required} to compile LilyPond, if you intend to
+contribute to LilyPond (codebase or help improve the documentation) then
+it is recommended that you also need to install @code{git}.
+
+@example
+sudo dnf install git
+@end example
+
+Also see @ruser{Starting with Git}.
+
+@item
+To use the @code{lily-git.tcl} GUI;
+
+@example
+sudo dnf install tk
+@end example
+
+See @ruser{lily-git}.
+
+@end itemize
+
+@warning{By default, when building LilyPond's documentation,
+@code{pdfTeX} is be used. However ligatures (fi, fl, ff etc.) may not
+be printed in the PDF output. In this case XeTeX can be used instead.
+Download and install the @code{texlive-xetex} package.
+
+@example
+sudo dnf install texlive-xetex
+@end example
+
+The scripts used to build the LilyPond documentation will use
+@code{XeTex} instead of @code{pdfTex} to generate the PDF documents if
+it is available. No additional configuration is required.}
+
+
+
+@node Linux Mint
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Linux Mint
+
+The following instructions were tested on @q{Linux Mint 17.1} and
+@q{LMDE - Betsy} and will download all the software required to both
+compile LilyPond and build the documentation..
+
+@itemize
+
+@item
+Enable the @emph{sources} repository;
+
+@enumerate
+
+@item
+Using the @emph{Software Sources} GUI (located under
+@emph{Administration}).
+
+@item
+Select @emph{Official Repositories}.
+
+@item
+Check the @emph{Enable source code repositories} box under the
+@emph{Source Code} section.
+
+@item
+Click the @emph{Update the cache} button and when it has completed,
+close the @emph{Software Sources} GUI.
+
+@end enumerate
+
+@item
+Download and install all the LilyPond build-dependencies (approximately
+200MB);
+
+@example
+sudo apt-get build-dep lilypond
+@end example
+
+@item
+Download and install additional @q{build} tools required for compiling;
+
+@example
+sudo apt-get install autoconf fonts-texgyre texlive-lang-cyrillic
+@end example
+
+@item
+Although not @q{required} to compile LilyPond, if you intend to
+contribute to LilyPond (codebase or help improve the documentation) then
+it is recommended that you also need to install @code{git}.
+
+@example
+sudo apt-get install git
+@end example
+
+Also see @ruser{Starting with Git}.
+
+@item
+To use the @code{lily-git.tcl} GUI;
+
+@example
+sudo apt-get install tk
+@end example
+
+Also see @ruser{lily-git}.
+
+@end itemize
+
+@warning{By default, when building LilyPond's documentation,
+@code{pdfTeX} is be used. However ligatures (fi, fl, ff etc.) may not
+be printed in the PDF output. In this case XeTeX can be used instead.
+Download and install the @code{texlive-xetex} package.
+
+@example
+sudo apt-get install texlive-xetex
+@end example
+
+The scripts used to build the LilyPond documentation will use
+@code{XeTex} instead of @code{pdfTex} to generate the PDF documents if
+it is available. No additional configuration is required.}
+
+
+@node OpenSUSE
+@unnumberedsubsubsec OpenSUSE
+
+The following instructions were tested on @q{OpenSUSE 13.2} and will
+download all the software required to both compile LilyPond and build
+the documentation.
+
+@itemize
+
+@item
+Add the @emph{sources} repository;
+
+@smallexample
+sudo zypper addrepo -f \
+"http://download.opensuse.org/source/distribution/13.2/repo/oss/" sources
+@end smallexample
+
+@item
+Download and install all the LilyPond build-dependencies (approximately
+680MB);
+
+@example
+sudo zypper source-install lilypond
+@end example
+
+@item
+Download and install additional @q{build} tools required for compiling;
+
+@example
+sudo zypper install make
+@end example
+
+@item
+Although not @q{required} to compile LilyPond, if you intend to
+contribute to LilyPond (codebase or help improve the documentation) then
+it is recommended that you also need to install @code{git}.
+
+@example
+sudo zypper install git
+@end example
+
+Also see @ruser{Starting with Git}.
+
+@item
+To use the @code{lily-git.tcl} GUI;
+
+@example
+sudo zypper install tk
+@end example
+
+Also see @ruser{lily-git}.
+
+@end itemize
+
+@warning{By default, when building LilyPond's documentation,
+@code{pdfTeX} is be used. However ligatures (fi, fl, ff etc.) may not
+be printed in the PDF output. In this case XeTeX can be used instead.
+Download and install the @code{texlive-xetex} package.
+
+@example
+sudo zypper install texlive-xetex
+@end example
+
+The scripts used to build the LilyPond documentation will use
+@code{XeTex} instead of @code{pdfTex} to generate the PDF documents if
+it is available. No additional configuration is required.}
+
+@node Ubuntu
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Ubuntu
+
+The following commands were tested on Ubuntu versions @code{14.04 LTS},
+@code{14.10} and @code{15.04} and will download all the software
+required to both compile LilyPond and build the documentation.
+
+@itemize
+
+@item
+Download and install all the LilyPond build-dependencies (approximately
+200MB);
+
+@example
+sudo apt-get build-dep lilypond
+@end example
+
+@item
+Download and install additional @q{build} tools required for compiling;
+
+@example
+sudo apt-get install autoconf fonts-texgyre texlive-land-cyrillic
+@end example
+
+@item
+Although not @q{required} to compile LilyPond, if you intend to
+contribute to LilyPond (codebase or help improve the documentation) then
+it is recommended that you also need to install @code{git}.
+
+@example
+sudo apt-get install git
+@end example
+
+Also see @ruser{Starting with Git}.
+
+@item
+To use the @code{lily-git.tcl} GUI;
+
+@example
+sudo apt-get install tk
+@end example
+
+Also see @ruser{lily-git}.
+
+@end itemize
+
+@warning{By default, when building LilyPond's documentation,
+@code{pdfTeX} is be used. However ligatures (fi, fl, ff etc.) may not
+be printed in the PDF output. In this case XeTeX can be used instead.
+Download and install the @code{texlive-xetex} package.
+
+@example
+sudo apt-get install texlive-xetex
+@end example
+
+The scripts used to build the LilyPond documentation will use
+@code{XeTex} instead of @code{pdfTex} to generate the PDF documents if
+it is available. No additional configuration is required.}
+
+
+@node Other
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Other
+
+The following individual software packages are required just to compile
+LilyPond.
+
+@itemize
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf, GNU Autoconf}
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/, GNU Bison}
+
+Use version @code{2.0} or newer.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/, GNU Compiler Collection}
+
+Use version @code{3.4} or newer (@code{4.x} recommended).
+
+@item
+@uref{http://flex.sourceforge.net/, Flex}
+
+@item
+@uref{http://fontforge.sf.net/, FontForge}
+
+Use version @code{20060125} or newer (we recommend using at least
+@code{20100501}); it must also be compiled with the
+@option{--enable-double} switch, else this can lead to inaccurate
+intersection calculations which end up with poorly-rendered glyphs in
+the output.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/gettext.html, GNU gettext}
+
+Use version @code{0.17} or newer.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/make/, GNU Make}
+
+Use version @code{3.78} or newer.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://metafont.tutorial.free.fr/, MetaFont}
+
+The @code{mf-nowin}, @code{mf}, @code{mfw} or @code{mfont} binaries are
+usually packaged along with
+@uref{http://www.latex-project.org/ftp.html, @TeX{}}.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/hobby/MetaPost.html, MetaPost}
+
+The @code{mpost} binary is also usually packaged with
+@uref{http://www.latex-project.org/ftp.html, @TeX{}}.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.perl.org/, Perl}
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/, Texinfo}
+
+Use version @code{4.11} or newer.
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.lcdf.org/~eddietwo/type/#t1utils, Type 1 utilities}
+
+Use version @code{1.33} or newer.
+
+@item
+@uref{https://www.ctan.org/pkg/cyrillic?lang=en, Cyrillic fonts}
+
+Often packaged in repositories as @code{texlive-lang-cyrillic}.
+
+@item
+TeX Gyre @q{OTF} font packages. As of LilyPond version @code{2.19.26},
+the previous default serif, san serif and monospace fonts now use Tex
+Gyre's @emph{Schola}, @emph{Heros} and @emph{Cursor} fonts respectively.
+Also See @ruser{Fonts}.
+
+Some distributions do not always provide @q{OTF} font files in the Tex
+Gyre packages from their repositories. Use the command
+@code{fc-list | grep texgyre} to list the fonts available to your system
+and check that the appropriate @code{*.otf} files are reported. If they
+are not then download and manually extract the @q{OTF} files to either
+your local @code{~/.fonts/} directory or use the
+@code{configure} command and the
+@code{--with-texgyre-dir=/path_to_otf_files/} option.
+
+The following font families are required:
+
+@uref{http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/schola, Schola},
+@uref{http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/heros, Heros}
+and
+@uref{http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre/cursor, Cursor}.
+
+@end itemize
+
+
+
+@node Requirements for building documentation
+@subsection Requirements for building documentation
+
+The entire set of documentation for the most current build of LilyPond
+is available online at
+@uref{http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/web/development}, but
+you can also build them locally from the source code. This process
+requires some additional tools and packages.
+
+@warning{If the instructions for one of the previously listed Linux
+in the previous section (@rcontrib{Requirements for compiling LilyPond})
+have been used, then the following can be ignored as the software should
+already be installed.}
+
+@itemize
+
+@item
+Everything listed in @ref{Requirements for compiling LilyPond}
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.imagemagick.org/, ImageMagick}
+
+@item
+@uref{http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/, Netpbm}
+
+@item
+@uref{http://gzip.org/, gzip}
+
+@item
+@uref{http://rsync.samba.org/, rsync}
+
+@item
+@uref{http://www.nongnu.org/texi2html/, Texi2HTML}
+
+Use version @code{1.82}. Later versions will not work.
+
+Download @code{texi2html 1.82} directly from:
+@uref{http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/texi2html/texi2html-1.82.tar.gz};
+
+Extract the files into an appropriate location and then run the
+commands;
+
+@example
+./configure
+make
+sudo make install
+@end example
+
+Now verify that your operating system is able to see the correct version
+of @code{texi2html}.
+
+@example
+texi2html --version
+@end example