Oops, I missed to CC my first response to the list.
There has already been another thread about that question:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-user/2023-11/msg00229.html
Some people with much more knowledge have answered there.
Cheers,
Klaus
Am 08.02.2025 um 10:52 schrieb K. Blum:
Hi William,
Am 08.02.2025 um 10:42 schrieb [email protected]:
If you didn't already, can you try adding `-dbackend=cairo` before the
filename? Like this
lilypond -dbackend=cairo file.ly
that's what OLy already does when calling the LilyPond executable. It leads to
the error message that Raphael has quoted.
Some Linux distros contain LilyPond binaries that are missing some code needed
for the cairo backend. Obviously there must be an option to include or exclude
that part when compiling a LilyPond executable.
Cheers,
Klaus
