Re: Install on linux

[Hwaen Ch'uqi]

Greetings Peter,

When I install LilyPond, I use the --prefix flag and direct it to be
installed in folder /usr/ In this way, the bin files will be created
in the proper places. The "down side" is that the directories of the
.el files and .info files will need to be explicitly stated somewhere
in order for them to be usable. In my case, the former is stated in my
.emacs file, and the latter is reflected in the main dir file of the
/usr/share/info folder. This is a bit more manual work, but the
benefit is that, whenever you install the latest LilyPond version
(which the ubuntu's repository will likely not find), you should not
have to make those adjustments again.

Hwaen Ch'uqi


On 2/21/16, Jean Bréfort <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Why don't you directly use the lilypond package?
> sudo apt-get install lilypond
>
> The installation would be clean.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jean
>
> Le dimanche 21 février 2016 à 13:13 +0100, Peter O'Doherty a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> When I install lilypond on Ubuntu (following the instructions on the
>> website i.e.
>> cd PATH-TO-DOWNLOAD-DIRECTORY
>> sh lilypond-2.18.2-OS-TYPE.sh
>> )
>> it installs two folders in my home directory, lilypond and bin.
>> What's
>> the best way to organise these? Should I just put the bin in the
>> lilypond folder and move that to .local/share or /usr/share?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Peter
>>
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