Re: LilyPond 2.20 or 2.21 for Linux

[Urs Liska]

Am 30. März 2019 18:11:54 MEZ schrieb Mason Hock <address@hidden>:
>On 03/30, Ralph Palmer wrote:
>> I think I missed something. Can I install 2.20 and/or 2.21 on Linux?
>> not an expert, though I've used command line some.
>
>I don't think that 2.20 has been released, but since you're comfortable
>with the command line you can build 2.21.
>
>> Also, I'm running Ubuntu 18.04.2 and Frescobaldi 3.0.0. Are there any
>known
>> conflicts?
>
>I have built and run 2.21 on a derivative of 16.04 and used it with
>Frescobaldi 3.0.0. I'm not aware of any reason it wouldn't work on
>18.04.

except for the "small" issue of 18.04 not having  Guile 1.8 anymore...

>
>$ sudo apt install git
>$ sudo apt build-dep lilypond
>$ git clone git://git.savannah.gnu.org/lilypond.git
>$ cd lilypond
>$ ./autogen.sh
>
>Running "sudo apt build-dep lilypond" earlier will have installed build
>dependencies for Ubuntu's version of Lilypond (presumably 2.18.2) but
>if 2.21 has any additional dependencies then autogen.sh will tell you
>that you are missing a required package. Install that package with
>"sudo apt install [package-name]". If the package isn't found, then
>Ubuntu might have the package under a slightly different name (usually
>when this happens you need to add a "lib" prefix or "-dev" suffix). If
>you get stuck, "apt-cache search [what you thought the name was]" can
>help. Repeat until autogen.sh completes without errors. Then,
>
>$ make all
>
>Wait for Lilypond to build, and
>
>$ sudo make install
>
>Good luck!
>
>Mason