release: 1.3.150

[lilypond.git] / INSTALL.txt

diff --git a/INSTALL.txt b/INSTALL.txt
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--- a/INSTALL.txt
+++ b/INSTALL.txt
@@ -3,27 +3,58 @@
 INSTALL - compiling and installing GNU LilyPond
 ***********************************************
 
-Obtaining
-=========
+Downloading source code
+=======================
+
+   If you want to compile LilyPond from source, download here:
+   * Download stable releases at GNU (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/lilypond/)
+
+   * Download development releases from by FTP
+     (ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/) and by HTTP
+     (http://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/development/).
+
+   * ftp (Canadian mirror) (ftp://sca.uwaterloo.ca/pub/)
+
+   * at `lilypond.org' by FTP (ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/) and
+     HTTP (http://www.lilypond.org/ftp/).
+
+   Installing and compiling requires many additional packages, which are
+listed in the installation instructions
+(Documentation/topdocs/out-www/INSTALL.html).
+
+Downloading binaries
+====================
+
+   Binaries are available, but are not updated for every version
+released.
+   * RedHat i386 (ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/RPMS/)
+
+   * LinuxPPC (ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/linuxppc)
+
+   * Debian GNU/Linux Stable
+     (ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lilypond)
 
-   You can get the latest version of LilyPond at
-ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/
-(ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/).
+   * Debian GNU/Linux Unstable
+     (ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lilypond1.3)
 
-   There are three options for downloading sources.
+   * Windows Stable (http://home.austin.rr.com/jbr/jeff/lilypond/)
+
+   * Windows Testing (ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/lilypond/gnu-windows)
+
+Upgrading
+=========
 
-   * if you don't have any version, then you can  download  the entire
-     `.tar.gz' file.
+   There are two  options for upgrading sources.
 
-   * if you have an unpacked source   tree of a previous version, you
-     may use the diffs .
+   * if you have an unpacked source tree of a previous version, you may
+     the patches.
 
      _If you upgrade by patching do remember to rerun autoconf after
      applying the patch_.
 
    * if you have the `.tar.gz' file of a previous release, you can use
      xdelta (ftp://ftp.xcf.berkeley.edu/pub/xdelta/).   This is much
-     safer than using normal diffs, and is the recommended way.
+     safer than using patches, and is the recommended way.
 
      The following command produces `lilypond-1.3.122.tar.gz' from
      `lilypond-1.3.121' identical (up to compression dates) to the .122
@@ -36,7 +67,7 @@ Build requirements
    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 LilyPond on Windows page
-(http://appel.lilypond.org/lilypond/gnu-windows/).
+(ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/gnu-windows/).
 
    You need the following packages to compile Lilypond.