Re: pango problem with lilypond 2.7

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

Michael Porcaro wrote:
> "You have sucessfully compiled and installed LilyPond, then?"
>
> Correct, it installs fine, without force.
>
> "The reason I asked about python, is that when building/installing
> LilyPond python runs lilypond with generated file names.  I did
> not recognize the name"
>
> Yes, I should have mentioned that lilypond installs without a problem.
>
> "You suspect pango.  Have you checked your pango installation?  What
> pango version do you have?  Do other pango programs (eg, gedit) work?"
>
> Yes I think pango is the culprit.
>
> Pango 1.2 seems to work the best (I installed it through Yum, and the
> highest version it installs is 1.2)  I can't install pango 1.6 or
> greater without force, because it complains about me missing glib 2.4.

You can try upgrading to 1.4 or 1.6 by getting a .src.rpm from fedora, 
and doing

  rpmbuild --rebuild pango-X.src.rpm

and if that succeeds, installing the newly created RPMs.

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