Re: Lilypond build dependencies

[David Kastrup]

Joseph Rushton Wakeling <address@hidden> writes:

> On 05/10/13 19:01, David Kastrup wrote:
>> Maybe you can use tlmgr for updating your Metapost.
>
> Well, you saw the error I encountered when trying to use tlmgr to do
> that. (Maybe I'm just misunderstanding how it works, I've never used
> it before.)
>
>> No idea.  Or complain to Ubuntu that they still have not updated their 
>> TeXlive.
>
> Done. :-)
>
>> Maybe downgrading Metapost is an option if you can't figure out how to
>> upgrade.
>
> If Ubuntu don't do anything I'll try installing sid packages as you suggested.
>
> Can you confirm that my list of missing build dependencies is
> accurate?

They look plausible, but I have no idea whether they would be complete.

> I'd be happy to send a CG patch about this (assuming I get to the
> point of a working build:-)

-- 
David Kastrup