RE: Compiling from LilyDev

[lilypond]

This is the second time I send this message.

I did not receive it back the first time, so to be sure.

 

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----

> Van: lilypond-devel 

> <lilypond-devel-bounces+lilypond=address@hidden>

> Namens Carl Sorensen

> Verzonden: Monday, May 11, 2020 5:43 AM

> Aan: Owen Lamb <address@hidden>; Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>; 

> address@hidden; Federico Bruni <address@hidden>

> Onderwerp: Re: Compiling from LilyDev

> 

> 

> On 5/10/20, 8:50 PM, "lilypond-devel on behalf of Owen Lamb" 

> <lilypond-

> devel-bounces+c_sorensen=address@hidden on behalf of

> address@hidden> wrote:

> 

> Hi all,

> 

> I've hit a couple roadblocks trying to compile LilyPond from LilyDev 

> as per the instructions on the website(

> http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/contributor/compiling-with

> -

> lilydev),

> both during the "Preparing the build" step where ../configure is run.

> 

> First, the environment variable $METAFONT wasn't defined, making the 

> Checking for metafont mode... step fail. I set it to the value I 

> thought it would need, the executable at /usr/bin/mf. That seemed to 

> fix the issue, but I just wanted to make sure--the variable *is *supposed
to point there, right?

> 

> Second, I'm getting an error on three other steps, all referring to a 

> missing kpsewhich file or folder:

> 

> checking for metapost required files... lstat(./kpsewhich) failed ...

> ./kpsewhich: No such file or directory

> kpsewhich: ../../../texk/kpathsea/progname.c:316: remove_dots: 

> Assertion `ret' failed.

> no

> [...]

> checking for epsf.tex... lstat(./kpsewhich) failed ...

> ./kpsewhich: No such file or directory

> kpsewhich: ../../../texk/kpathsea/progname.c:316: remove_dots: 

> Assertion `ret' failed.

> not found

> checking for Cyrillic characters support in TeX... lstat(./kpsewhich)
failed ...

> ./kpsewhich: No such file or directory

> kpsewhich: ../../../texk/kpathsea/progname.c:316: remove_dots: 

> Assertion `ret' failed.

> not found

> 

> This causes an error later on:

> ERROR: Please install required programs:  metapost CTAN package

> (texlive-metapost) epsf.tex lh CTAN package (texlive-lang-cyrillic or

> texlive-texmf-fonts)

> ...even though they are installed.

> 

> I don't really know what kpeswitch is supposed to do, so... does 

> anyone know what went wrong?

> 

> ----------

> Response from Carl Sorensen:

> 

> Owen,

> 

> Great job working through all this!  Getting LilyPond compiling can be a
bear.

> LilyDev used to work completely out-of-the-box, but it seems like as 

> we've tried to make it a smaller install, it's not so foolproof.

> 

> Kpsewhich is part of the TeX system -- it's a utility that searches 

> the kpathsea paths to find files.  But I don't know how to fix the 

> problem in your copy of LilyDev.

> 

> Federico Bruni is probably the most knowledgeable person on LilyDev.  

> I've added him to the responses on this email.

> 

> Sorry I'm not more help.

> 

> Carl

> 

 

Carl,

 

I just created a new machine from the LilyDev image.

I created a Hyper-V machine instead of a virtual box image, but for the
matter of your problem that should not be a problem.

I can run ../configure without a problem, and did run make.

 

So the LilyDev image is  correct.

 

I have no environment variable $METAFONT, so that is not needed.

 

Just to be sure you did not forget a major step:

Did you run ~/install.sh?

(http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.21/Documentation/contributor/lilydev installing
lilydev point 14 Did you run autogen.sh --noconfigure while in the
$LILYPOND_GIT folder?

Did you run ../configure while in the $LILYPOND_GIT folder?

Is the value of $LILYPOND_GIT (echo $LILYPOND_GIT) lilypond-git?

(This is set so in ~/setup.sh)

 

One more point: During setup.sh you need a stable internet connection.

I hope this all helps you

 

Jaap de Wolff