Re: compile error - please help!

[Mats Bengtsson]

> hi there,
> sorry for bothering but I have a problem with Lilypond 1.4.0. ./configure is
> all right, but when I make all I get that error message:
> 
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/install/lilypond-1.4.0/lily/include'
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/install/lilypond-1.4.0/lily'
> make[1]: Entering directory `/root/install/lilypond-1.4.0/mf'
> echo no inimp or inimpost  -interaction=nonstopmode  dump
> no inimp or inimpost -interaction=nonstopmode dump
> mv mfplain.* ./out
> mv: cannot stat `mfplain.*': File o directory inesistente
> make[1]: *** [out/mfplain.mem] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/install/lilypond-1.4.0/mf'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> It seems to have  a problem with some mfplain files, which I do not have on
> hard disk. What is this?
> Thanks very much for assitance and best regards,

You need MetaPost installed on your machine, see INSTALL.txt.

   /Mats