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From: Dave Moore <dave.j.moore@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Lilypond version
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:08:19
Message-Id: fcb90ceb0603211457h271d3950i3782e9f97a868095@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Lilypond version by Allan Spagnol Comar
1 On 3/21/06, Allan Spagnol Comar <allan.comar@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > Hi, I don't know where should I post this kind of message, but I need
3 > to use lilypond as one of my working tools. I got stunned when I saw
4 > today that lilypond version available at portage tree is 2.0.3 ....
5 > the latest stable version is 2.6.5 and 2.0.3 is extreme old.
6
7 There's nothing stopping you from building from source, but Lilypond
8 2.5.2 is there, just not marked stable:
9
10 lilypond-2.5.2 ~x86
11
12 > Is there a reason that lilypond version is not up to date .... and
13 > should I build myself ( without portage ) if I want to used it ?
14
15 Something along the lines of this will enable you to emerge it...
16
17 echo 'media-sound/lilypond ~x86' >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
18
19 As to why it is masked, I don't know.
20
21 'man portage' has a lot of useful info, you should check it out
22
23 Dave
24
25 On 3/21/06, Allan Spagnol Comar <allan.comar@×××××.com> wrote:
26 > Hi, I don't know where should I post this kind of message, but I need
27 > to use lilypond as one of my working tools. I got stunned when I saw
28 > today that lilypond version available at portage tree is 2.0.3 ....
29 > the latest stable version is 2.6.5 and 2.0.3 is extreme old.
30 >
31 > Is there a reason that lilypond version is not up to date .... and
32 > should I build myself ( without portage ) if I want to used it ?
33 >
34 > --
35 > An application asked:
36 > "Requeires Windows 9x, NT4 or better",
37 > so I´ve installed Linux
38 >
39 > --
40 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
41 >
42 >
43
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