RE: Compiling from LilyDev

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> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: lilypond-devel <lilypond-devel-bounces+lilypond=address@hidden>
> Namens Carl Sorensen
> Verzonden: Monday, May 11, 2020 5:43 AM
> Aan: Owen Lamb <address@hidden>; Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>;
> address@hidden; Federico Bruni <address@hidden>
> Onderwerp: Re: Compiling from LilyDev
> 
> 
> On 5/10/20, 8:50 PM, "lilypond-devel on behalf of Owen Lamb" <lilypond-
> devel-bounces+c_sorensen=address@hidden on behalf of
> address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I've hit a couple roadblocks trying to compile LilyPond from LilyDev as per 
> the
> instructions on the website(
> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/contributor/compiling-with-
> lilydev),
> both during the "Preparing the build" step where ../configure is run.
> 
> First, the environment variable $METAFONT wasn't defined, making the
> Checking for metafont mode... step fail. I set it to the value I thought it 
> would
> need, the executable at /usr/bin/mf. That seemed to fix the issue, but I just
> wanted to make sure--the variable *is *supposed to point there, right?
> 
> Second, I'm getting an error on three other steps, all referring to a missing
> kpsewhich file or folder:
> 
> checking for metapost required files... lstat(./kpsewhich) failed ...
> ./kpsewhich: No such file or directory
> kpsewhich: ../../../texk/kpathsea/progname.c:316: remove_dots: Assertion
> `ret' failed.
> no
> [...]
> checking for epsf.tex... lstat(./kpsewhich) failed ...
> ./kpsewhich: No such file or directory
> kpsewhich: ../../../texk/kpathsea/progname.c:316: remove_dots: Assertion
> `ret' failed.
> not found
> checking for Cyrillic characters support in TeX... lstat(./kpsewhich) failed 
> ...
> ./kpsewhich: No such file or directory
> kpsewhich: ../../../texk/kpathsea/progname.c:316: remove_dots: Assertion
> `ret' failed.
> not found
> 
> This causes an error later on:
> ERROR: Please install required programs:  metapost CTAN package
> (texlive-metapost) epsf.tex lh CTAN package (texlive-lang-cyrillic or
> texlive-texmf-fonts)
> ...even though they are installed.
> 
> I don't really know what kpeswitch is supposed to do, so... does anyone know
> what went wrong?
> 
> ----------
> Response from Carl Sorensen:
> 
> Owen,
> 
> Great job working through all this!  Getting LilyPond compiling can be a bear.
> LilyDev used to work completely out-of-the-box, but it seems like as we've
> tried to make it a smaller install, it's not so foolproof.
> 
> Kpsewhich is part of the TeX system -- it's a utility that searches the 
> kpathsea
> paths to find files.  But I don't know how to fix the problem in your copy of
> LilyDev.
> 
> Federico Bruni is probably the most knowledgeable person on LilyDev.  I've
> added him to the responses on this email.
> 
> Sorry I'm not more help.
> 
> Carl
> 

Carl,

I just created a new machine from the LilyDev image.
I created a Hyper-V machine instead of a virtual box image, but for the matter 
of your problem that should not be a problem.
I can run ../configure without a problem, and did run make.

So the LilyDev image is  correct.

I have no environment variable $METAFONT, so that is not needed.

Just to be sure you did not forget a major step:
Did you run ~/install.sh?
(http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/contributor/lilydev installing 
lilydev point 14
Did you run autogen.sh --noconfigure while in the $LILYPOND_GIT folder?
Did you run ../configure while in the $LILYPOND_GIT folder?
Is the value of $LILYPOND_GIT (echo $LILYPOND_GIT) lilypond-git?
(This is set so in ~/setup.sh)

One more point: During setup.sh you need a stable internet connection.
I hope this all helps you

Jaap de Wolff