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These are shipped with X11 and Ghostscript, and are named <samp><span class="file">c059033l.pfb</span></samp> <samp><span class="file">c059036l.pfb</span></samp>, <samp><span class="file">c059013l.pfb</span></samp> and <samp><span class="file">c059016l.pfb</span></samp>. <li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html">GUILE</a> (version 1.8.2 or newer). If you are installing binary packages, you may need to install guile-devel or guile-dev or libguile-dev too. <li><a href="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/texinfo/">Texinfo</a> (version 4.11 or newer). <li><a href="http://gcc.gnu.org/">The GNU c++ compiler</a> (version 3.4 or newer. 4.x is strongly recommended). <li><a href="http://www.python.org">Python</a> (version 2.4 or newer) <li><a href="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/make/">GNU Make</a> (version 3.78 or newer). <li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/gettext.html">gettext</a>. <li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/">Flex</a>. <li><a href="http://www.perl.org/">Perl</a>. <li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/">GNU Bison</a>. <li>All packages required for running, including development packages with header files and libraries. </ul> <h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">Running requirements</h5> <p>Running LilyPond requires proper installation of the following software <ul> <li><a href="http://www.freetype.org/">Freetype</a> (version 2.1.10 or newer). <li><a href="http://www.freetype.org/">FontConfig</a> (version 2.2). <li><a href="http://www.pango.org/">Pango</a> (version 1.12 or newer). <li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/guile.html">GUILE</a> (version 1.8.2 or newer), or patch 1.8.1 with <a href="http://lilypond.org/vc/gub.darcs/patches/guile-1.8-rational.patch">http://lilypond.org/vc/gub.darcs/patches/guile-1.8-rational.patch</a>. <li><a href="http://www.python.org">Python</a> (version 2.4 or newer). <li><a href="http://www.ghostscript.com">Ghostscript</a> (version 8.15 or newer. 8.50 recommended) <li>Dejaview. (This is normally installed by default) </ul> <p>International fonts are required to create music with international text or lyrics. <h5 class="unnumberedsubsubsec">Requirements for building documentation</h5> <p>You can view the documentation online at <a href="http://lilypond.org/doc/">http://lilypond.org/doc/</a>, but you can also build it locally. This process requires a successful compile of LilyPond, and some additional tools and packages <ul> <li>The <a href="http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/">netpbm utilities</a> <li>ImageMagick <li>International fonts (see input/regression/utf-8.ly for hints about which font packages are necessary for your platform) <li>Ghostscript, 8.50 with the patch from <a href="http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688154">http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688154</a> and the patch from <a href="http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688017">http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688017</a>, or use a release of Ghostscript which includes these patches, for example 8.60 or newer. </ul> <!-- footer_tag --><br><hr> <div class="node"> <p> Next: <a rel="next" accesskey="n" href="Building-LilyPond.html#Building-LilyPond">Building LilyPond</a>, Previous: <a rel="previous" accesskey="p" href="Downloading-source-code.html#Downloading-source-code">Downloading source code</a>, Up: <a rel="up" accesskey="u" href="Compiling-from-source.html#Compiling-from-source">Compiling from source</a> </div> <div style="background-color: #e8ffe8; padding: 2; border: #c0ffc0 1px solid;"> <p> <font size="-1"> This page is for LilyPond-2.11.57 (development-branch). <br> <address> Report errors to <a href="http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs">http://post.gmane.org/post.php?group=gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.bugs</a>. </address> <br> Your <a href="http://lilypond.org/web/devel/participating/documentation-adding">suggestions for the documentation</a> are welcome. </font> </p> </div> </BODY></html>