Re: Compiling from LilyDev

[Owen Lamb]

Hi Jaap,

Thank you for helping me find the issue! I double checked, and I didn't
miss any of those steps. I figured I must have messed something up earlier
on, maybe in the VirtualBox configuration, and sure enough, when I made a
fresh dynamic image and did everything over again, the ../configure step
worked perfectly. At any rate, I can now continue with compiling, so I'll
let you know if I encounter any more issues.

--Owen

On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 9:34 PM <address@hidden> wrote:

>
> > -----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
>
>