release: 1.3.153

[lilypond.git] / INSTALL.txt

diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
index 7ed1f83464bd8a6ef038be58f774f913c2da5eb1..69302af91e2aa34daac0f30dc1adb3bb4b555ce6 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ INSTALL - compiling and installing GNU LilyPond
   Emacs mode
   Compiling for distributions
     Red Hat Linux
+    LinuxPPC
     SuSE
     Slackware
     Mandrake
@@ -292,13 +293,14 @@ Red Hat Linux
 -------------
 
    Red Hat 7.0 i386 RPMS are available from
-`ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/'.
+`ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/binaries/'.
 
    You can also compile them yourself.  A spec file is in
 `make/out/redhat.spec'. This file is distributed along with the
 sources.  You can make the rpm by issuing
 
-       rpm -tb lilypond-x.y.z.tar.gz
+             tar xfz lilypond-x.y.z.tar.gz
+       rpm -bb lilypond-x.y.z/make/out/redhat.spec
        rpm -i /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/lilypond-x.y.z
 
    For running on a Red Hat system you need these packages: guile,
@@ -309,11 +311,29 @@ addition to the those needed for running: glibc-devel, gcc-c++,
 libstdc++-devel, guile-devel, flex, bison, texinfo, tetex-devel, groff,
 libgr-progs.
 
+   Warning
+
+   There appears to be a problem with the Xdvi shipped with RedHat 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.
+
+LinuxPPC
+--------
+
+   Some LinuxPPC RPMS should available from
+`ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/binaries/'.
+
+   A LinuxPPC RPM can be made using the `redhat.spec' file.
+
 SuSE
 ----
 
-   You can also compile them yourself.  A spec file is in
-`make/out/suse.spec'. This file is distributed along with the sources.
+   Some SUSE RPMS should available from
+`ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/binaries/'.
+
+   You can also compile a RPM for SUSE yourself.  A spec file is in
+`make/out/suse.spec', see the instructions for building the RedHat RPM.
 
    You must have the following packages: guile tcsh tetex te_latex
 te_kpath te_mpost libpng python gpp libgpp gettext autoconf netpbm
@@ -322,6 +342,8 @@ libnetpb gs_serv gs_lib gs_fonts guile
 Slackware
 ---------
 
+   No precompiled packages for Slackware are available.
+
    Problems have been reported with Slackware 7.0; apparently, it ships
 with a faulty compiler. Do not compile LilyPond with -O2 on this
 platform.
@@ -329,7 +351,8 @@ platform.
 Mandrake
 --------
 
-   [TODO]
+   Some binaries are available at rpmfind.net. Refer to
+`ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/contrib/RPMS/'.
 
 Debian GNU/Linux
 ----------------