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Lilypond on Macports


From: David Baumgold
Subject: Lilypond on Macports
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:18:38 +0000 (UTC)
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I'm a big fan of Macports, and since lilypond seems to be so difficult 
to compile, I figured I would try to write a portfile for it, to make
compiling easier for everyone. After about a week's work of research and
many, many failed attempts, I finally have a portfile that seems to
work. Can people test this portfile to verify that lilypond builds
correctly? And if it reliably does so, can this information be put on
the lilypond download page?

To compile lilypond using Macports, first make sure you have XCode 
installed. Then just download Macports from http://www.macports.org/ and
install it, add /opt/local to your PATH, and then run "sudo port install
lilypond". That's it. Macports will download, compile, and install
lilypond and its dependencies.

Also, I have not yet tested the GUI option in lilypond. To try building 
it, run "sudo port install lilypond +gui" instead of just "sudo port
install lilypond". If it works, great -- if it doesn't, can people post
their error messages?





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