X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Ftopdocs%2FINSTALL.texi;h=de50b2f66edd26c4acb76c8a5f59aea5bf43a176;hb=5a46a0878f5d8b89dd60280af3293e19e782b6f7;hp=02b91dc74c0eb5c373491f58e7a9ede92a83d753;hpb=f6a7f7ec192579f3607f0bfbc1bd0f921432bcb1;p=lilypond.git diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi b/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi index 02b91dc74c..de50b2f66e 100644 --- a/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi +++ b/Documentation/topdocs/INSTALL.texi @@ -1,354 +1,19 @@ -@node Top, , , (dir) -@top -@comment node-name, next, previous, up\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- +\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- +@documentencoding utf-8 +@documentlanguage en @setfilename INSTALL.info @settitle INSTALL - compiling and installing GNU LilyPond -@contents - -@chapter Compiling and installing on Unix - - -@html - -@end html - -@section Downloading - -Even numbered versions are `stable' (2.0, 1.8 etc), while odd version -are development releases (1.9, 1.7 etc). Building LilyPond is an -involved process, so if possible, download a precompiled binary from -@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/,the lilypond site}. - - -@subsection Source code - -Download source tarballs from here: -@itemize @bullet -@item Download development releases from -@uref{ftp://ftp.lilypond.org/pub/LilyPond/} by FTP and -@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/ftp/} by HTTP. -@item @uref{ftp://sca.uwaterloo.ca/pub/} by FTP (Canadian mirror). -@end itemize - - -Use Xdelta to patch tarballs, e.g. to patch -@file{lilypond-1.4.2.tar.gz} to @file{lilypond-1.4.3.tar.gz}, do -@example - xdelta patch lilypond-1.4.2-1.4.3.xd lilypond-1.4.2.tar.gz -@end example - -For information on packaging and CVS, see -@uref{http://lilypond.org/}, under ``development''. - - -@subsection Precompiled binaries - -Check out @uref{http://lilypond.org} for up to date information on -binary packages. - - -@subsection Font problems - -If you are upgrading from a previous version of LilyPond, be sure to -remove all old font files. These include @file{.pk} and @file{.tfm} files -that may be located in @file{/var/lib/texmf}, @file{/var/spool/texmf}, -@file{/var/tmp/texmf} or @file{@var{prefix}/share/lilypond/fonts/}. A -script automating this has been included, see -@file{buildscripts/clean-fonts.sh}. - - - - -@section Requirements - -@subsection Compilation - -You need the following packages to compile LilyPond: - -@itemize - -@item @uref{http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen/mftrace/,mftrace} (1.0.17 or -newer), - - You will need to install some additional packages to get mftrace to -work. - -@item @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html,GUILE} (version 1.6.0 or newer). - -@item @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/,Flex} (version 2.5.4a or newer). - -WARNING: plain Flex 2.5.4(a) generates invalid C++ code. GCC 3.x -chokes on this. If you wish to use GCC 3.x, make sure that your -distribution supports g++ 3.x and flex. For workarounds, see -lexer-gcc-3.1.sh in the source directory. - -@item @TeX{}. - -@TeX{} is used as an output backend. - -Also, @TeX{}'s libkpathsea is used to find the fonts (@file{.mf}, -@file{.afm}, @file{.tfm}). 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 or libkpathsea-dev) package too. - -@item @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/,Texinfo} (version 4.6 or newer). - -@item The -@uref{ftp://ftp.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry,geometry -package for LaTeX}. - - This package is normally included with the @TeX{} distribution. - -@item kpathsea, a library for searching (@TeX{}) files. - -@item - @uref{http://gcc.gnu.org/, The GNU c++ compiler} (version 3.1 or -newer). EGCS and 2.x are known to cause crashes. - -@item @uref{http://www.python.org,Python} (version 2.1 or newer). - -@item @uref{ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/,GNU Make} (version 3.78 or newer). - -@item @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/bison/,Bison} (version 1.25 or -newer, but not 1.50 or 1.75). -@end itemize - -@subsection Running requirements - -GNU LilyPond does use a lot of resources. For operation you need the -following software: - -@itemize @bullet -@item @TeX{}. -@item Xdvi and Ghostscript. -@item @uref{http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html,GUILE} 1.6.0, or newer. -@end itemize - -You have to help @TeX{} and MetaFont find LilyPond support -files. After compiling, scripts to do this can be found in -@file{buildscripts/out/lilypond-profile} and -@file{buildscripts/out/lilypond-login}. - -@subsection Building documentation - -You can view the documentation online at -@uref{http://www.lilypond.org/doc/}, but you can also build it -locally. This process requires a successful compile of lilypond. The -documentation is built by issuing: -@example - make web -@end example - -Building the website requires some additional tools: - -@itemize @bullet -@item The @uref{http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/,netpbm utilities} -@item ImageMagick -@end itemize -The HTML files can be installed into the standard documentation path -by issuing +@set INSTALL 1 -@example - make out=www web-install -@end example - - -@section Building LilyPond - -To install GNU LilyPond, type -@example -gunzip -c lilypond-x.y.z | tar xf - -cd lilypond-x.y.z -./configure # run with --help to see appropriate options -make -make install -sh buildscripts/clean-fonts.sh -@end example - -The most time-consuming part of compiling LilyPond is tracing the -Type1 fonts. You can shortcut this operation by issuing -one of the following commands: - -@example - make -C mf get-pfa # requires rpm2cpio - make -C mf get-debian-pfa # may not be up to date -@end example - -If you are doing an upgrade, you should remove all @file{feta} -@code{.pk} and @code{.tfm} files. A script has been provided to do the -work for you, see @file{buildscripts/clean-fonts.sh}. - -If you are not root, you should choose a @code{--prefix} argument that -points into your home directory, e.g.: -@example - ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr -@end example - -In this case, you have to insert the contents of -@code{buildscripts/out/lilypond-login} or -@code{buildscripts/out/lilypond-profile} into your start up scripts by -hand. - - - -@subsection Configuring for multiple platforms - -If you want to build multiple versions of LilyPond with different -configuration settings, you can use the @code{--enable-config=CONF} -option of configure. You should use @samp{make conf=CONF} to generate -the output in @file{out-CONF}. Example: Suppose I want to build with -and without profiling. Then I'd use the following for the normal -build: - -@example - ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr/ --enable-checking - make - make install -@end example - -and for the profiling version, I specify a different configuration: - -@example - ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr/ --enable-profiling --enable-config=prof --disable-checking - make conf=prof - make conf=prof install -@end example - - - -@section Emacs mode - -An Emacs mode for entering music and running LilyPond is contained in -the source archive in the @file{elisp} directory. @command{make -install} installs it @var{elispdir}. The file @file{lilypond-init.el} -should be placed to @var{load-path}@file{/site-start.d/} or appended -to your @file{~/.emacs} or @file{~/.emacs.el}. - -As a user, you may want add your source path or, e.g., @file{~/site-lisp/} -to your @var{load-path}. Append the following line (modified) to your -@file{~/.emacs}: -@c any reason we do not advise: (push "~/site-lisp" load-path) -@quotation -@example -(setq load-path (append (list (expand-file-name "~/site-lisp")) load-path)) -@end example -@end quotation - - -@section Vim mode - -@c lilypond.words.el for vim auto-completion? -A Vim mode for entering music and running LilyPond is contained in -the source archive. Append the content of @file{vimrc} to @file{~/.vimrc} -to get shortcuts. Install file @file{lilypond.words.el} to @file{~/.vim/} to -get auto-completion. Syntax highlighting you get by installing files -@file{lilypond.vim} and @file{lilypond.words.vim} to @file{~/.vim/syntax/} -and appending the following to @file{~/.vim/filetype.vim}: -@quotation -@example - " my filetype file - if exists("did_load_filetypes") - finish - endif - augroup filetypedetect - au! BufRead,BufNewFile *.ly setfiletype lilypond - augroup -@end example -@end quotation - - - -@section Problems - -For help and questions use @email{lilypond-user@@gnu.org}. Send bug -reports to @email{bug-lilypond@@gnu.org}. - -Bugs that are not fault of LilyPond are documented here. - -@subsection Bison 1.875 - -There is a bug in bison-1.875: compilation fails with "parse error -before `goto'" in line 4922 due to a bug in bison. To fix, either -recompile bison 1.875 with the following fix: - -@example - $ cd lily; make out/parser.cc - $ vi +4919 out/parser.cc - # append a semicolon to the line containing "__attribute__ ((__unused__)) - # save - $ make -@end example - -@subsection Linking to kpathsea - -If kpathsea and the corresponding header files are installed in some -directory where GCC does not search by default, for example in -@file{/usr/local/lib/} and @file{/usr/local/include/} respectively, -you have to explicitly tell configure where to find it. To do this: - -@itemize -@item @code{rm config.cache} -@item @code{export LDFLAGS=-L/usr/share/texmf/lib} -@item @code{export CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/share/texmf/include} -@item @code{./configure} -@end itemize -Once configure has found them, the paths are stored in -@file{config.make} and will be used even if you don't have the -environment variables set during make. - - -@unnumberedsubsec Gcc-3.0.4 - -Gcc 3.0.4 is flaky; upgrade GCC. - -@unnumberedsubsec Flex-2.5.4a and gcc-3.x - -Flex 2.5.4a does not produce g++-3.1.1 compliant C++ code. To compile -LilyPond with gcc-3.1.1 you may do - -@example - CONF=gcc-3.1 ./lexer-gcc-3.1.sh - CPPFLAGS=-I$(pwd)/lily/out-gcc-3.1 CC=gcc-3.1 CXX=g++-3.1 \ - ./configure --enable-config=gcc-3.1 - CONF=gcc-3.1 ./lexer-gcc-3.1.sh - make conf=gcc-3.1 -@end example - - -@unnumberedsubsec OpenBSD - -@itemize @bullet -@item - Refer to the section ``Linking to kpathsea'': GCC on OpenBSD doesn't -set include paths for kpathsea. -@end itemize - -@unnumberedsubsec NetBSD - -@itemize @bullet -@item The flex precompiled in NetBSD-1.4.2 is broken. -Upgrade to flex-2.5.4a. -@end itemize - -@unnumberedsubsec Solaris - -@itemize @bullet -@item Solaris7, ./configure +@node Top +@top -@file{./configure} needs a POSIX compliant shell. On Solaris7, -@file{/bin/sh} is not yet POSIX compliant, but @file{/bin/ksh} or bash -is. Run configure like: -@example - CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh ksh -c ./configure -@end example -or: -@example - CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash bash -c ./configure -@end example +@contents -@end itemize +@include macros.itexi +@include install.itely @bye - +