Re: Mandriva 2005 LE has lilypond 2.5 included in the contrib repository

[Herman Grootaers]

On Sunday 26 June 2005 14:13, mandrake tips wrote:
> Dear Lilypond developers,
>
> referring to your download page:
> http://lilypond.org/web/install/
> I just want to let you know quickly that Lilypond (2.5.11) has been
> included into the Mandriva distribution (Thac no longer packages for
> Mandriva/Mandrake), people have to add the repository "contrib" and
> then will be able to install it with the command:
> urpmi lilypond
> which then solves all dependencies, including the ec-fonts-mftraced.
>
> I did find one issue, one required lib has no generic link set to it,
> as the following warning made clear:
> $ lilypond
> GNU LilyPond 2.5.11
> /usr/share/guile/1.6/srfi/srfi-13.scm:159:1: In procedure
> dynamic-link in expression (load-extension
> "libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14-v-1" "scm_init_srfi_13"):
> /usr/share/guile/1.6/srfi/srfi-13.scm:159:1:
> "libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14-v-1", message:
> "libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14-v-1.so: cannot open shared object  No such
> file or directory"
>
> to solve this, one has to do the following:
> as root:
> cd /usr/lib
> ln -s libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14-v-1.so.1
> libguile-srfi-srfi-13-14-v-1.so
>
> I will also contact the packager of guile/libguile and ask him to fix
> this... hopefully soon, the only thing a regular user has to do is
> the "urpmi lilypond" command and start using it.
>
> Thanks to all developers for this excellent and impressive program!

You are right, however, the latest versions of the Lilypond-tree can 
also be installed without a problem if you get the latest versions the 
following programs (pango, pango-devel, python-devel, guile-devel, 
msgfmt, and bison) with urpmi. Get them from a good mirror of the 
urpmi-mirrors (Hint: easyurpmi etc.). The source-tar-ball can then be 
installed without a problem, also preventing possible difficulties with 
the urpmi- database.

To compile Lilypond takes me, on my normal work-system, about 4 hours, 
but it is a slow one (533 MHz celeron).

Lilypond gives me great results, but I need to tune the output of 
lilypond-book to much, but that is may be because I set (very?) high 
standards for my work, which I think only Lilypond can deliver.

Thanks and compliments to the dev-team.

Greetings,
Herman Grootaers