Re: Error compiling Lilypond 2.19.81

[Karlin High]

On 4/11/2018 8:12 PM, Peter Engelbert wrote:
> Perhaps it is wacky to install from the repository from an earlier 
> version of Debian?  Is that unusual?

As long as it does what you want, that's the main thing.

I did once wreck a Linux install by adding repositories at random to 
Debian APT's sources.list file. That's what some website SAID to do... 
Suddenly I realized that my Debian system had become about 50% Ubuntu.

And it stopped doing what I wanted.

> I'm fairly new to Linux though i 
> have some background in programming, and I don't fully understand 
> package management.

Been using Debian occasionally since Version 3 somewhere. I've learned 
some things, but won't claim to know much yet.

It looks like Debian does have ARM packages for LilyPond 2.19.81, 
although I don't know which ARM your Raspberry Pi needs. (Someday I want 
to get me one of those.)

<https://packages.debian.org/experimental/lilypond>

No idea how that would turn out.

And if you haven't already seen it, the LilyPond Contributor's Guide has 
good step-by-step instructions for compiling from source.

<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.19/Documentation/contributor/compiling>
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Karlin High
Missouri, USA