Re: make install fails with Lily 2.7.x

[Jan Nieuwenhuizen]

Cameron Horsburgh writes:

>>>install-info --remove --info-dir=/usr/local/info ./out/lilypond.info
>>>install-info(./out/lilypond.info): failed to lock dir for editing! File
>>>exists
>>>try deleting /usr/local/info/dir.lock ?
>> 
>> Did you try?
>
> Yes, I did. The result is exactly the same.

> Do you have any idea where I should start looking?

I would investigate why install-info does not work for you, try running
the install-info commands manually.

> An alternative which would keep me happy for now is to build LilyPond
> without the documentation. Is there a not-too-involved way to do this?

You could try commenting-out the install-info commands.

Jan.

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