INSTALL - compiling and installing GNU LilyPond
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-Abstract
-========
-
- This document explains what you need to install LilyPond, and what
-you should do. If you are going to compile and install LilyPond often,
-e.g. when doing development, you might want to check out the
-`buildscripts/set-lily.sh' script. It sets some environment variables
-and symlinks, which comes in handy when you have to compile LilyPond
-more often.
-
Obtaining
=========
* A GNU system: GNU LilyPond is known to run on these GNU systems:
Linux (PPC, intel), FreeBSD, AIX, NeXTStep, IRIX, Digital Unix
- and Solaris.
+ and Solaris.
* Lots of disk space: LilyPond takes between 30 and 100 mb to
compile if you use debugging information. If you are short on
* Although we recommend to use Unix, LilyPond is known to run on
Windows NT/95/98 as well. See Section Windows NT/95,es.
- * EGCS 1.1 or newer. Check out `ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gcc/'.
+ * EGCS 1.1 or newer. Check out `ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gcc/'.
* Python 1.5, Check out `ftp://ftp.python.org' or
`ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/python'.
- * GUILE 1.3.4, check out
+ * GUILE 1.3.4 or newer, check out
http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html
- (http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html).
+ (http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html). Version 1.4 is
+ recommended for better performance.
+
+ * GNU Make. Check out ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/
+ (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/).
- * GNU make. Check out ftp://ftp.gnu.org/make/
- (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/make/).
+ * Flex (version 2.5.4a or newer). Check out
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/flex/ (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/flex/).
- * Flex (version 2.5.4 or newer). Check out ftp://ftp.gnu.org/flex/
- (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/flex/).
+ * Bison (version 1.25 or newer). Check out
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/ (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/).
- * Bison (version 1.25 or newer). Check out ftp://ftp.gnu.org/bison/
- (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/bison/).
+ * TeX. If you want LilyPond to use kpathsea support (recommended),
+ make sure you have tetex 1.0 or newer (1.0.6 is known to work).
+ You may need to install a tetex-devel or tetex-dev package too.
* Texinfo (version 4.0 or newer). Check out
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/texinfo/ (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/texinfo/).
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/ (ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/).
Most documentation is in texinfo.
* The geometry package for LaTeX is needed to use ly2dvi. Available
`mfplain.mp', which is needed for producing the scalable font
files.
- If you do not want to use PostScript output, edit `mf/GNUmakefile'.
+ If you do not want to use PostScript output, edit `mf/GNUmakefile',
+ removing the line saying `PFA_FILES='
+
+ * kpathsea, a library for searching (TeX) files. `kpathsea' is
+ usually included with your installation of TeX.
Running
GNU LilyPond does use a lot of resources. For operation you need the
following software
- * TeX
+ * TeX.
* A PostScript printer and/or viewer (such as Ghostscript) is
strongly recommended. Xdvi will show all embedded PostScript
For running LilyPond successfully you have to help TeX and MetaFont
find various files. The recommended way of doing so is adjusting the
-environment variables in the start-up scripts of your shell. An
-example is given here for the Bourne shell:
- export MFINPUTS="/usr/local/share/lilypond/mf:"
- export TEXINPUTS="/usr/local/share/lilypond/tex:/usr/local/share/lilypond/ps:"
+environment variables in the start-up scripts of your shell. Appropriate
+Csh and sh scripts are left in `buildscripts/out/lilypond-profile' and
+`buildscripts/out/lilypond-login' after compilation.
- The empty path component represents TeX and MetaFont's default
-search paths. Scripts with the proper paths for the bourne and C-shell
+ 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 `buildscripts/out/lilypond-profile' and
`buildscripts/out/lilypond-login' during compilation.
- LilyPond is a hiddeously big, slow and bloated program. A fast CPU
-and plenty of RAM is recommended for comfortable use.
+ LilyPond is a big and slow program. A fast CPU and plenty of RAM is
+recommended for comfortable use.
Website
=======
The version of `pnmtopng' that is distributed with RedHat 5.1 and
5.2 contains a bug: pnmtopng is dynamically linked to the wrong
- version of libpng, which results in cropped images. 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.
-
- tar xzf libgr-2.0.13.tar.gz
- make
- cd png
- rm libpng.so*
- make pnmtopng
-
- You can then install the new pnmtopng into `/usr/local/bin/'
+ version of libpng.
* Bib2html (http://pertsserver.cs.uiuc.edu/~hull/bib2html).
Which, in turn depends on man2html for proper installation.
The website will build without this utility, but you will not see
our hypertextified bibliography.
- * DOC++ (http://www.zib.de/Visual/software/doc++/index.html) A
- documentation system for C++ sources, which is used for the
- LilyPond sources.
Configuring and compiling
=========================
to install GNU LilyPond, simply type:
-
gunzip -c lilypond-x.y.z | tar xf -
cd lilypond-x.y.z
./configure # fill in your standard prefix with --prefix
This will install a number of files, something close to:
- /usr/local/man/man1/mi2mu.1
- /usr/local/man/man1/convert-mudela.1
- /usr/local/man/man1/mudela-book.1
+ /usr/local/man/man1/midi2ly.1
+ /usr/local/man/man1/abc2ly.1
+ /usr/local/man/man1/etf2ly.1
+ /usr/local/man/man1/convert-ly.1
+ /usr/local/man/man1/lilypond-book.1
/usr/local/man/man1/lilypond.1
/usr/local/bin/lilypond
- /usr/local/bin/mi2mu
- /usr/local/bin/convert-mudela
- /usr/local/bin/mudela-book
+ /usr/local/bin/midi2ly
+ /usr/local/bin/convert-ly
+ /usr/local/bin/lilypond-book
/usr/local/bin/abc2ly
+ /usr/local/bin/pmx2ly
+ /usr/local/bin/musedata2ly
+ /usr/local/bin/etf2ly
/usr/local/share/lilypond/*
- /usr/local/share/locale/{it,nl}/LC_MESSAGES/lilypond.mo
+ /usr/local/share/locale/{....}/LC_MESSAGES/lilypond.mo
The above assumes that you are root and have the GNU development
tools, and your make is GNU make. If this is not the case, you can
and for the profiling version, I specify a different configuration.
- ./configure --prefix=~ --enable-profiling --enable-config=optprof --enable-optimise --disable-checking
- make config=optprof
- make config=optprof install
+ ./configure --prefix=~ --enable-profiling --enable-config=prof --enable-optimise --disable-checking
+ make config=prof
+ make config=prof install
Installing
==========
rpm -i /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i386/lilypond-x.y.z
Precompiled i386 RedHat RPMS are available from
-ftp://freshmeat.net/pub/rpms/lilypond/
-(ftp://freshmeat.net/pub/rpms/lilypond/) and
-http://linux.umbc.edu/software/lilypond/rpms/
-(http://linux.umbc.edu/software/lilypond/rpms/).
+`ftp://ftp.cs.uu.nl/pub/GNU/LilyPond/RedHat/'.
For compilation on a RedHat system you need these packages, in
addition to the those needed for running:
* texinfo
+ * tetex-devel
+
Debian GNU/linux
================
- A Debian package is also available; contact Anthony Fok
-<foka@debian.org>. The build scripts are in the subdirectory `debian/'.
+ A Debian package is also available; see
+http://packages.debian.org/lilypond
+(http://packages.debian.org/lilypond) or contact Anthony Fok
+<foka@debian.org> for more information.
+
+ The build scripts are in the subdirectory `debian/'; you can make
+the .deb by doing
+
+
+ tar xzf lilypond-x.y.z.tar.gz
+ cd lilypond-x.y.z
+ dpkg-buildpackage
+ dpkg -i ../lilypond_x.y.z*deb
+
+ For compilation on a Debian GNU/Linux system you need these packages,
+in addition to the those needed for running:
+ * libc6-dev
+
+ * libstdc++<your-libstdc++-version-here>-dev
+
+ * libguile<your-libguile-version-here>-dev
+
+ * flex
+
+ * bison
+
+ * gettext
+
+ * texinfo
+
+ * tetex-dev
+
+ * debhelper
Windows NT/95
=============
If you find bugs, please send bug reports to <bug-gnu-music@gnu.org>.
- Known bugs that are LilyPond's fault are listed in `TODO', or
-demonstrated in `input/bugs/'.
+ Bugs that are LilyPond's fault are listed in our TODO list on the
+web, or demonstrated in `input/bugs/'.
- Known bugs that are not LilyPond's fault are documented here.
+ Bugs that are not LilyPond's fault are documented here.
LinuxPPC Bugs:
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