Other

The following software packages are required to compile LilyPond, in addition to the run-time packages (see Requirements for running LilyPond).

• GNU Autoconf
• pkg-config
• GNU Bison
  Use version 2.4.1 or newer.
• 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.
• Flex
  Use version 2.5.29 or newer.
• FontForge
  Use version 20200314 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.
• GNU gettext
  Use version 0.17 or newer.
• GNU Make
  Use version 4.2 or newer.
• 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.
• MetaPost
  The mpost binary is also usually packaged with TeX. Use version 2.0 or newer.
• Perl
  Use version 5.6.1 or newer.
• Texinfo
  Use version 6.8 or newer.
• Type 1 utilities
  We need t1asm. Use version 1.33 or newer.