Hello all,
I'm trying to build Lilypond from git-HEAD source for the first time in a while
and running into some curiosities from the ./configure script. This is on
Ubuntu 13.10.
First of all: ./configure requests a number of build dependencies that are not
listed on the pages here:
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/contributor/requirements-for-running-lilypond
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/contributor/requirements-for-compiling-lilypond
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.17/Documentation/contributor/requirements-for-building-documentation
... which included dblatex, epsf.tex (contained in texlive-generic-recommended)
and lh (contained in texlive-lang-cyrillic). At a guess, perhaps these would
typically be installed as recommended by the packages that are listed, so anyone
(like me) installing _only_ what's listed (and its strict dependencies) will
come up against this issue.
I'm sure that if I'd just run apt-get build-dep lilypond all would have been
fine, but the listed dependencies are the first thing one reads.
The blocker to building is the metapost version currently in Ubuntu 13.10.
./configure reports:
ERROR: Please install required programs: mpost (due to a bug in metapost,
versions 1.600 <= x < 1.803 are not supported; installed: 1.802)
What's the problem here, and is it possible to work around (i.e. tell
./configure "I don't care, go ahead and accept working with 1.802) or is the bug
sufficiently show-stopping that nothing can be done bar install the updated
metapost?
Thanks & best wishes,
-- Joe
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