Re: Building in WSL

[James]

Hello,

On 12/06/2021 11:01, James wrote:
> Kevin,
>
> On 12/06/2021 10:02, Kevin Barry wrote:
> > OK well something must have changed since I last did a build on WSL
> > because I couldn't even get `make all' on a freshly checked out master
> > to work. And that was *definitely* working before.
> >
> > It fails now with this error:
> > Making Documentation/out/en/changes.texi < tely
> > lilypond-book.py: error: file not found: version.itexi
> >
> > I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 on WSL 2. My normal Linux system doesn't have
> > the same problem.
> >
> > Kevin

I cannot even get autogen.sh to run!


-bash: ./autogen.sh: /bin/sh^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

This appears to be caused by a line ending difference betwen *nix and 
Windows.

Ugh. So much for WSL. I keep running into issues like this and yet some 
people keep insisting to me that WSL == Linux (or as good as).

Oh well. So much for compiling on WSL.

James




> Thanks for taking the time. I cannot recall what error I had now - the 
> machine that WSL is on is a work machine so I tend to keep it clear of 
> personal stuff but I was curious and had some time on my hands - but I 
> do remember being able to build LilyPond just not the doc.
>
> I'll check again next week, maybe try an earlier version of Ubuntu if 
> such a thing exists on MS marketplace these days.
>
> James
>
>
>
> > On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 10:49, Kevin Barry <barrykp@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi James,
> > >
> > > I'm pretty sure that I managed this, but I may not have gone as far as
> > > a full doc build, but I think I managed install-info. I will try to
> > > make time to verify and get back to you.
> > >
> > > Kevin
> > >
> > > On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 07:37, James <pkx166h@posteo.net> wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone on this list recently (within the last year or so) ever
> > > > managed to build LP and its Doc using WSL - specifically version 2 
> > > > (I am
> > > > using Ubuntu 20.04)?
> > > >
> > > > Every now and again I go back and reclone the entire git dir and go
> > > > through the setting up of software dependencies etc. but I've never
> > > > managed ever to get a full doc build to complete.
> > > >
> > > > I haven't done any useful debugging as I have a linux box that works
> > > > fine so it's not a huge deal but I was wondering if anyone on this 
> > > > list
> > > > had ever tried on WSL and got it to work.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > regards
> > > >
> > > > James
> > > >

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regards

James

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