3.2.2 Requirements for compiling LilyPond

Below is a full list of packages needed to build LilyPond. However, for most common distributions there is an easy way of installing most all build dependencies in one go:

Distribution

Command

Debian, Ubuntu

sudo apt-get build-dep lilypond

Fedora, RHEL

sudo yum-builddep lilypond

openSUSE, SLED

sudo zypper --build-deps-only source-install lilypond


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