@chapter INSTALL - compiling and installing GNU LilyPond
-This document describes how to build LilyPond on Unix platforms. It is
-also known to run and compile on Windows NT/95/98 as well. More
-information on this topic can be found at the
-@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/gnu-windows/, LilyPond on Windows page}.
+This document describes how to build LilyPond on Unix platforms. It
+is also known to run and compile on Windows NT/95/98/ME/XP as well.
+More information on this topic can be found at the
+@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/cygwin/, LilyPond on Windows page}.
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@section Downloading
Even numbered versions are `stable'. The webpages for the stable version
-(1.2) reside @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/lilypond, on the GNU
+(1.4) reside @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/lilypond, on the GNU
servers}. Big enhancements go into the latest odd numbered version
-(1.3), whose webpages are on @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/,the lilypond
+(1.5), whose webpages are on @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/,the lilypond
site}.
@subsection Source code
Check out @uref{http://www.python.org, the python website}.
@item GUILE (version 1.4 or newer).
-GUILE-1.3.4 may work but is no longer supported.
Check out
@uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html,the GUILE webpage}.
@subsection Red Hat Linux
Red Hat 7.x i386 RPMS are available from
-@uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/binaries/}.
+@uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/binaries/}. For running on
+a Red Hat system you need these packages: guile, tetex, tetex-latex,
+tetex-dvips, libstdc++, python, ghostscript.
You can also compile them yourself. A spec file is in
@file{make/out/lilypond.redhat.spec}. This file is distributed along
@end example
-For running on a Red Hat system you need these packages: guile, tetex,
-tetex-latex, tetex-dvips, libstdc++, python, ghostscript.
-
For compilation on a Red Hat system you need these packages, in
addition to the those needed for running: glibc-devel, gcc-c++,
libstdc++-devel, guile-devel, flex, bison, texinfo, groff, pktrace,
the Red Hat RPM.
You must have the following packages: guile tcsh tetex te_latex te_kpath
-te_mpost libpng python gpp libgpp gettext autoconf netpbm libnetpb
+te_mpost libpng python gpp libgpp gettext autoconf253 netpbm libnetpb
gs_serv gs_lib gs_fonts guile
@subsection Slackware