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FAQ - GNU LilyPond Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ - GNU LilyPond Frequently Asked Questions

General

I'm stuck, HELP!

Please read the full online FAQs. Also, please look in the searchable mailinglist archives:

• lilypond-user
• bug-lilypond
• lilypond-devel

If you are still at loss, send your questions to the mailing list, and not to authors directly.

Installation

Where is guile, libguileX, guile-config?

RedHat users need to install guile-1.4 and guile-devel-1.4, Debian users need to get guile1.4, libguile9 and libguile9-dev.

If you're building from source, you need guile 1.3.4 or newer. Verify that the correct guile, guile-config, and libguile* in your PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH (or /etc/ld.so.conf).

I upgraded by applying a patch, and now my configure/build breaks.

Patches don't include automatically generated files, i.e. configure and files generated by configure. Regenerate them yourself:

    autoconf
    configure

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I downloaded the windows32 port, and it doesn't match the website!

The website is usually made from the latest snapshots. Binary releases, in particular the windows32 binaries, are only made every once in a while. They may lag several versions behind the latest version.

Beams, slurs and crescendi are not displayed at all!

XDvi uses GhostScript for displaying PostScript, check that you have GhostScript installed. If you use a different DVI viewer (eg, on Windows), check if it will display embedded PostScript. Don't worry, the symbols should appear on the printout.

Please send GNU LilyPond questions and comments to lilypond-user@gnu.org.

Please send comments on these web pages to lilypond@packages.debian.org

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