Re: LilyPond in Debian

[David Kastrup]

Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:

> Am 11.09.2017 um 11:23 schrieb David Kastrup:
>> Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> Yes, indeed better than nothing (sudo apt install lilypond => "package
>>> lilypond has no release candidate").
>>> OTOH it may take some pressure off the need for a "proper" solution ...
>>>
>>> Hm, will I be able to get a system where I can build LilyPond again? I'm
>>> really not fluent enough with package management, but could I install
>>> Guile 1.8 from sid and use that for setting up my LilyPond environment?
>>> I really don't want to use an extra virtual machine just for that.
>>> (I don't need step-by-step instructions here, just a confirmation if it
>>> is possible (and maybe a general pointer on how to proceed)
>> You just take the Guile 1.8.8 distribution (Git or tarball) to some
>> suitable directory and do
>> ./autogen.sh  # I think
>> ./configure --disable-error-on-warning --prefix=/opt/guile-1.8
>
> This worked quite well, except I had to compile GNU MP along the way,
> which made me stumble over this little gem of web publishing:
>
> <p style="text-align:center;">This site does <b>not</b>use cookies
> <button type="button">I agree!&nbsp;</button></p>
>
>
> :-)
>
>> make
>
> This aborts with errors related to .texi files and ...

Oh right.  Should not have gone from memory.

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David Kastrup