Other
The following software packages are required to compile LilyPond,
in addition to the run-time packages (see Requirements for running LilyPond).
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GNU Autoconf
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pkg-config
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GNU Bison
Use version 2.4.1 or newer.
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Compiler with support for C++17
Version 8 or newer of the GNU Compiler Collection and version 8 or newer of
Clang should work. Your mileage
may vary with older versions.
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Flex
Use version 2.5.29 or newer.
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FontForge
Use version 20120731 or newer with enabled Python 3
scripting; it must also be compiled with the
‘--enable-double’ switch, else this can lead to inaccurate
intersection calculations, which in turn cause poorly-rendered
glyphs in the output.
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GNU gettext
Use version 0.17 or newer.
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GNU Make
Use version 3.78 or newer.
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MetaFont
The MetaFont binary (usually called mf-nowin,
mf, mfw, or mfont) and its support
files are normally packaged along with TeX. Most GNU/Linux and
other free software distributions already provide packages for
TeX Live, see above. TeX Live can
can also be installed separately; it contains stand-alone binaries
for most platforms.
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MetaPost
The mpost binary is also usually packaged with
TeX.
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Perl
Use version 5.6.1 or newer.
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Texinfo
Use version 6.7 or newer.
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Type 1 utilities
We need t1asm. Use version 1.33 or newer.