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1.2.3 Building LilyPond
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Compiling
To install GNU LilyPond, type
gunzip -c lilypond-x.y.z | tar xf - cd lilypond-x.y.z ./configure # run with --help for applicable options make su -c 'make install'
If you are not root, you should choose a --prefix argument that
points into your home directory, e.g.
./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr
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Compiling for multiple platforms
If you want to build multiple versions of LilyPond with different
configuration settings, you can use the --enable-config=CONF
option of configure. You should use make conf=CONF
to generate the output in ‘out-CONF’. For example, suppose you
want to build with and without profiling, then use the following for
the normal build
./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr/ --enable-checking make make install
and for the profiling version, specify a different configuration
./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr/ --enable-profiling --enable-config=prof --disable-checking make conf=prof make conf=prof install
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Compiling outside the source tree
It is possible to compile LilyPond in a build tree different from the
source tree, with --srcdir option of configure:
mkdir lily-build && cd lily-build sourcedir/configure --srcdir=sourcedir
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Useful make variables
If a less verbose build output if desired, the variable
QUIET_BUILD may be set to 1 on make command
line, or in ‘local.make’ at top of the build tree.
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