Re: Can't easily install LilyPond 2.6.x on Ubuntu

[Erik Sandberg]

On Tuesday 16 August 2005 09.48, Mats Bengtsson wrote:
> In addition to all the answers you have received earlier:
>
> Mark Gibbens wrote:
> > If anyone's successfully installed LilyPondon 2.6.x on Ubuntu, I'd be
> > grateful for tips.  I've tried the .package binary, but it appears not
> > to  be happy with the version of Ghostview I've got (gnome-gv
> > 1:2.8.4-0ubuntu2, gv 1:3.6.1-2). I do try and stick to the packages as
> > much as possible, so I'm a bit uneasy about needing to change my
> > Ghostview  install too...
>
> The LilyPond package contains a newer version of Ghostscript, not
> Ghostview. However, since ghostview/gv uses Ghostscript internally,
> it may be that the newer Ghostscript version is incompatible with
> your ghostview. 

The lilypond package installs a gs version with X support turned off, so it 
will definitely not work with gv. This is however no problem, since the 
package's gs binary has been renamed to gs-nox.

So: There should be no problem, if we just can make the package understand 
that it should install gs.

(at least this is how it worked in the last package I could install, around 
2.5.30)

Erik