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+@c -*- coding: utf-8; mode: texinfo; -*-
+
+@ignore
+    Translation of GIT committish: FILL-IN-HEAD-COMMITTISH
+
+    When revising a translation, copy the HEAD committish of the
+    version that you are working on.  See TRANSLATION for details.
+@end ignore
+
+@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::
+* Compiling from source::
+@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}.
+
+@ignore
+You can also compile LilyPond directly from the source code. This
+requires that you can read English, so this section is not
+translated.  If you really want to compile LilyPond, see
+@iftex
+@c DO NOT translate the following line at all.
+@ref{Compiling from source,,,lilypond-program,Application Usage}.
+@end iftex
+@ifhtml
+@c Please translate the following line (but not the .html file name)
+the @uref{Compiling-from-source.html,documentation in English}.
+@end ifhtml
+@end ignore
+
+@c TRANSLATORS:
+@c   Please **do not** translate the file included below.  Users
+@c   should not be compiling LilyPond themselves; if they really
+@c   want to do so, they should be able to read the English docs,
+@c   because they'll probably need to ask questions in English
+@c   on the -devel list.   -gp
+@c Instead, please uncomment and translate the paragraph above,
+@c and remove all stuff (menu, nodes, contents) below this line.
+
+
+@include contributor/compile.itexi