@setfilename INSTALL.info
@settitle INSTALL - compiling and installing GNU LilyPond
+@html
+<!--- @@WEB-TITLE@@=Installation Instructions --->
+@end html
+
@node Top, , , (dir)
@top
(1.3), whose webpages are on @uref{http://www.lilypond.org/,the lilypond
site}.
-@subsection source code
-
+@subsection Source code
If you want to compile LilyPond from source, download here:
@itemize @bullet
@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/ftp/} by HTTP.
@end itemize
+Of course, if your platform supports LilyPond, such as Debian GNU/Linux,
+FreeBSD, OpenBSD or NetBSD, you're encouraged to use the native build
+from source drill.
+
+For Red Hat Linux and SuSE Linux, @file{.spec} files are included in the
+tarball; see instructions below.
+
@html
<a name="download-binaries">
@end html
-@subsection Binaries
+@subsection Precompiled binaries
+
+If you want to track bleeding edge development, try:
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item @uref{ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lilypond/, Debian
+GNU/Linux} usually has the latest binaries for the most useful stable
+and development versions, while
+@item @uref{http://rpmfind.net/linux/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/,
+Mandrake Cooker} also provides fairly recent versions.
+@end itemize
+
+Binaries are made available for other popular platforms, but as we need
+to compile them ourselves, they are not updated for every version
+released.
-Binaries are available, but are not updated for every version released.
@itemize @bullet
@item @uref{ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/binaries/RedHat/RPMS/, Red Hat i386}
-@item @uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/binaries/linuxppc/, LinuxPPC}
-@item @uref{ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lilypond/, Debian GNU/Linux}
+@item @uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/binaries/SuSE, SuSE}
+@item @uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/binaries/linuxppc/,
+LinuxPPC}
@item
-@c @uref{http://home.austin.rr.com/jbr/jeff/lilypond/, Windows Stable}
-@c @item @uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/lilypond/gnu-windows, Windows
-@c Testing}
-@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/gnu-windows/, Windows Testing}
-
+@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/gnu-windows/, Windows}
@end itemize
@subsection Upgrading
FTP directory for @code{geometry}}. This package is normally included
with the @TeX{} distribution.
-@item MetaPost, needed for generating PostScript fonts. Please
-note that tetex-0.4pl8 (included with Red Hat 5.x) does not include
-@file{mfplain.mp}, which is needed for producing the scalable font
-files.
-
-If you don't have MetaPost and don't want to use PostScript output, then
-edit @file{mf/GNUmakefile}, removing the line saying @code{PFA_FILES=}.
-
@item kpathsea, a library for searching (@TeX{}) files. @code{kpathsea} is
usually included with your installation of @TeX{}. You may need to install
a tetex-devel or tetex-dev package too.
./configure --without-kpathsea --enable-tfm-path=/usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/cm/:/usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/ams/symbols
@end example
+
+@item pktrace, [OPTIONAL], needed for generating PostScript Type1
+fonts. Get it from @uref{http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen/pktrace/}
+
+@item autotrace-0.27a, [OPTIONAL], needed for generating PostScript Type1
+fonts. @uref{http://autotrace.sourceforge.net}.
+
+@item MetaPost [OPTIONAL] needed for generating PostScript Type3 fonts. Please
+note that tetex-0.4pl8 (included with Red Hat 5.x) does not include
+@file{mfplain.mp}, which is needed for producing the scalable font
+files.
+
+If you don't have MetaPost and don't want to use PostScript output, then
+edit @file{mf/GNUmakefile}, removing the line saying @code{PFA_FILES=}.
+
+
+
@end itemize
@subsection Running requirements
libgr-progs.
-@b{Warning}
-
-There appears to be a problem with the Xdvi shipped with Red Hat 7.1.
-Symptoms: Xdvi responds very sluggishly or hangs while viewing
-lilypond output. The cause for this problem is unknown; you are advised
-to recompile Xdvi from source.
-
@subsection LinuxPPC
@subsection Mandrake
Some binaries are available at rpmfind.net. Refer to
-@uref{ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/contrib/RPMS/}.
+@uref{http://rpmfind.net/linux/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/}.
+You can also compile a RPM for Mandrake yourself. A spec file is in
+@file{make/out/lilypond.mandrake.spec}, see the instructions for building
+the Red Hat RPM.
@subsection Debian GNU/Linux
A Debian package is also available. You may install it easily by running
@command{apt-get} as root:
-
@example
+
apt-get install lilypond lilypond-doc
@end example
+You can also compile the .deb for Debian yourself, do:
+@example
+
+ apt-get -b source lilypond
+@end example
+
+If you're real impatient, you may even do:
+@example
+
+ cd lilypond-x.y.z # a previous version
+ uscan # download and build latest directly from upstream
+@end example
+
Debian's @TeX{} installation is a bit short on memory, you may want to
increase it like this:
For Debian in development ("unstable", the future 2.3 or 3.0):
@example
- apt-get install task-debian-devel task-c++-dev \
- python-base libguile9-dev tetex-bin libkpathsea-dev \
+ apt-get install binutils cpp gcc libc6-dev \
+ g++ libstdc++2.10-dev \
+ python-base libguile-dev tetex-bin libkpathsea-dev \
tetex-extra flex bison texinfo bibtex2html groff gs \
netpbm m4 gettext
@end example
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