variables and symlinks, which comes in handly when you have to compile
LilyPond more often.
+sect(OBTAINING)
+
+You can get the latest version of LilyPond at
+lurl(ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/). Refer to the links
+document for mirror sites.
+
+em(If you upgrade by patching do remember to rerun autoconf after
+applying the patch).
+
sect(PREREQUISITES)
For compilation you need:
(PPC, intel), FreeBSD, AIX, NeXTStep, IRIX, Digital Unix and
Solaris.
-it()Lots of disk space: LilyPond takes between 50 and 100 mb to
+it()Lots of disk space: LilyPond takes between 30 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 2.8 or newer (egcs-1.1 or newer is 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.).
-it() GUILE 1.3 (no, GUILE 1.2 won't work), check out lurl(http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html).
+it() EGCS 1.1 or newer.
+
+it() Python 1.5,
+Check out
+lurl(ftp://ftp.python.org) or lurl(ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/python).
+
+it() GUILE 1.3, check out lurl(http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html).
+
+it()GNU make.
+Check out lurl(ftp://ftp.gnu.org).
+
+it()Flex (version 2.5.4 or newer).
+Check out lurl(ftp://ftp.gnu.org).
+
+it()Bison (version 1.25 or newer).
+Check out lurl(ftp://ftp.gnu.org).
+
+it()Yodl. All documentation will be in Yodl. (1.30.17)
+lurl(ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/yodl)
+
+it()The geometry package for LaTeX is needed to use ly2dvi.
+Available at
+lurl(ftp://ftp.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry)
+or at mirror site lurl(ftp://ftp.dante.de)
)
+
sect(RUNNING)
GNU LilyPond does use a lot of resources. For operation you need the
-following:
+following software
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.
-it() GUILE 1.3 (no, GUILE 1.2 won't work), check out lurl(http://www.gnu.org/programs/guile.html)
+it() GUILE 1.3, check out lurl(http://www.gnu.org/programs/guile.html)
)
environment variables in the start-up scripts of your shell. An
example is given here for the Bourne shell:
verb(export MFINPUTS="/usr/local/share/lilypond/mf:"
-export TEXINPUTS="/usr/local/share/lilypond/tex:"
+export TEXINPUTS="/usr/local/share/lilypond/tex:/usr/local/share/lilypond/ps:"
)
The empty path component
represents TeX() and MetaFont's default search paths. Scripts with
the proper paths for the bourne and C-shell respectively are generated in
file(buildscripts/out/lilypond-profile) and
-file(buildscripts/out/lilypond-login) during compilation.
-
-
-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() GUILE 1.3 (no, GUILE 1.2 won't work), check out lurl(http://www.gnu.org/programs/guile.html)
+file(buildscripts/out/lilypond-login) during compilation.
+LilyPond is a hideously slow program. A fast CPU and plenty of RAM is
+recommended for comfortable use.
-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://ftp.lilypond.org/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()The geometry package for LaTeX is needed to use ly2dvi.
- Available at
-lurl(ftp://ftp.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry)
-or at mirror site lurl(ftp://ftp.dante.de)
-
-it() A fast computer: a full page of music typically takes 1 minute on my
- 486/133, using the bf(--enable-checking) compile.
-)
sect(WEBSITE)
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).
+ the original is at
+lurl(ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/utilities/netpbm-1mar1994.p1.tar.gz)
- TeTeX users should not forget to rerun texhash.
-)
+it()pnmtopng, which is also in libgr-progs for RedHat. The original is
+at
+lurl(ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png/applications/pnmtopng-2.37.2.tar.gz).i
-Building the website requires pnmtopng. The version of file(pnmtopng)
-that is distributed with RedHat 5.1 contains a bug (pnmtopng is
-dynamically linked to the wrong version of libpng). Recompile it from
-source, and make sure that the pnmtopng binary is linked statically to
-the libpng that is included in libgr.
+The version of file(pnmtopng) that is distributed with RedHat 5.1 and
+5.2 contains a bug: pnmtopng is dynamically linked to the wrong
+version of libpng. Recompile it from source, and make sure that the
+pnmtopng binary is linked statically to the libpng that is included in
+libgr. RedHat 6.0 does not have this problem.
verb( tar xzf libgr-2.0.13.tar.gz
make
make pnmtopng
)
-You can then install the new pnmtopng into /usr/local/bin/
+You can then install the new pnmtopng into file(/usr/local/bin/)
+
+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).
+
+The website will build without this utility, but you will not see our
+hypertextified bibliography.
+
+ TeTeX users should not forget to rerun texhash.
+)
+
+You also have to install file(buildscripts/out/ps-to-gifs) in a
+directory that is in the path.
+
sect(CONFIGURING and COMPILING)
verb(
gunzip -c lilypond-x.y.z | tar xf -
cd lilypond-x.y.z
- configure # fill in your standard prefix with --prefix
+ ./configure # fill in your standard prefix with --prefix
make
make install
)
verb(
export CPPFLAGS="-I /home/me/my_include -DWEIRD_FOOBAR"
- configure
+ ./configure
)
code(CPPFLAGS) are the preprocessor flags.
with a different bf(--prefix) option. Our favourite location is
verb(
- configure --prefix=$HOME/usr
+ ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr
)
In this case, you will have to set up MFINPUTS, and TEXINPUTS accordingly.
Options to configure include:
description(
-dit(bf(--enable-guile))
- Link in GUILE (experimental)
dit(bf(--enable-printing))
Enable debugging print routines (lilypond bf(-D) option)
dit(bf(--enable-optimise))
following for the normal build,
verb(
- configure --prefix=~ --disable-optimise --enable-checking
+ ./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
+ ./configure --prefix=~ --enable-profiling --enable-config=optprof --enable-optimise --disable-checking
make config=optprof
make config=optprof install
)
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.
+it()The -O2 option triggers bugs on various platforms (PowerPC, Alpha).
+ If you experience problems, you should first try turning off
+ this.
+it() On PPC you need at least EGCS-1.1.2f.
)
nsect(EXAMPLE)
rpm -i /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/lilypond-x.y.z
)
+Precompiled i386 RedHat RPMS are available from
+lurl(http://linux.umbc.edu/software/lilypond/rpms/).
+
+
sect(DEBIAN GNU/LINUX)
projects / lilypond.git / blobdiff