Re: Building in WSL

[Kevin Barry]

Hi James,

> I cannot even get autogen.sh to run!
>
>
> -bash: ./autogen.sh: /bin/sh^M: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
>
> This appears to be caused by a line ending difference betwen *nix and
> Windows.

That's odd; did you clone the repo from within WSL or from Windows?

>
> Ugh. So much for WSL. I keep running into issues like this and yet some
> people keep insisting to me that WSL == Linux (or as good as).

I resorted to using WSL out of desperation on a system where I can't
get the wifi to work on Linux. I was able to develop on LilyPond more
or less unhindered (until I checked again recently). If you have a
Linux system there's no reason to use WSL (IMO).

Kevin


>
> Oh well. So much for compiling on WSL.
>
> James
>
>
>
>
> >
> > Thanks for taking the time. I cannot recall what error I had now - the
> > machine that WSL is on is a work machine so I tend to keep it clear of
> > personal stuff but I was curious and had some time on my hands - but I
> > do remember being able to build LilyPond just not the doc.
> >
> > I'll check again next week, maybe try an earlier version of Ubuntu if
> > such a thing exists on MS marketplace these days.
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 10:49, Kevin Barry <barrykp@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Hi James,
> >>>
> >>> I'm pretty sure that I managed this, but I may not have gone as far as
> >>> a full doc build, but I think I managed install-info. I will try to
> >>> make time to verify and get back to you.
> >>>
> >>> Kevin
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 07:37, James <pkx166h@posteo.net> wrote:
> >>>> Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>> Has anyone on this list recently (within the last year or so) ever
> >>>> managed to build LP and its Doc using WSL - specifically version 2
> >>>> (I am
> >>>> using Ubuntu 20.04)?
> >>>>
> >>>> Every now and again I go back and reclone the entire git dir and go
> >>>> through the setting up of software dependencies etc. but I've never
> >>>> managed ever to get a full doc build to complete.
> >>>>
> >>>> I haven't done any useful debugging as I have a linux box that works
> >>>> fine so it's not a huge deal but I was wondering if anyone on this
> >>>> list
> >>>> had ever tried on WSL and got it to work.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> >>>> regards
> >>>>
> >>>> James
> >>> >
> >
>
> --
> --
>
> regards
>
> James
>