1.2.3 Building LilyPond


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

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

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


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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