Ubuntu 12.04 as a LilyDev

[James]

Hello,

I've just been seeing if Ubuntu 12.04 is going to cause any
significant problems for the next major LilyDev upgrade.

I had no problems at all.

12.04 is still in beta

1. 
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/TechnicalOverview/Beta1#Download_the_Beta_1

This was the image I used

http://ubuntu.virginmedia.com/releases//precise/ubuntu-12.04-beta1-desktop-i386.iso

2. Then after installing as a VM downloaded a further 170mb of Ubuntu
'software updates'

3. Reboot (as prompted) and then following the CG here:

http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.15/Documentation/contributor/requirements-for-compiling-lilypond

sudo apt-get build-dep lilypond

That's about 298mb of more downloads.

4. Extra software that I needed to download

i. dblatex (required for make doc)
ii. autoconf (required for well ./autogen.sh)
iii. git (and gitk if you so wish)

5. Download lilygit-tcl and run it then fill in your name and email
and 'get source'. Wait until that all downloads.

6. when I run ../configure I get:

--snip--

checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking Package... LILYPOND
checking builddir... /home/james/lilypond-git/build
checking for stepmake... ../stepmake  (${datarootdir}/stepmake not found)
checking for gmake... no
checking for make... make
checking for find... find
checking for tar... tar
checking for bash... /bin/bash
checking for python... python
checking python version... 2.7.2
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether compiler understands -pipe... yes
checking for IEEE-conformance compiler flags... none
checking for fc-list... fc-list
checking New Century Schoolbook PFB files...
/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/c059016l.pfb
/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/c059036l.pfb
/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/c059033l.pfb
/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/c059013l.pfb
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
checking /usr/bin/python version... 2.7.2
checking for /usr/bin/python... /usr/bin/python
checking for g++... g++
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking gcc version... 4.6.3
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking g++ version... 4.6.3
checking options for known g++ tail call bug... -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
checking whether explicit instantiation is needed... no
checking for stl.data () method... yes
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking for dlopen... yes
checking for bison... bison -y
checking for bison... bison
checking bison version... 2.5
checking for flex... flex
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking FlexLexer.h usability... yes
checking FlexLexer.h presence... yes
checking for FlexLexer.h... yes
checking for yyFlexLexer.yy_current_buffer... no
checking FlexLexer.h location... /usr/include/FlexLexer.h
checking language... English
checking for gettext in -lintl... no
checking for gettext... yes
checking for msgfmt... msgfmt
checking for mf-nowin... mf-nowin
checking for mpost... mpost
checking for working metafont mode... ljfour
checking for kpsewhich... kpsewhich
checking for guile-config... guile-config
checking guile-config version... 1.8.8
checking guile compile flags...   -pthread
checking guile link flags...  -pthread  -lguile -lltdl
-Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -lgmp -lcrypt -lm -lltdl
checking libguile.h usability... yes
checking libguile.h presence... yes
checking for libguile.h... yes
checking for scm_boot_guile in -lguile... yes
checking for scm_boot_guile... yes
checking for scm_t_hash_fold_fn... no
checking for scm_t_hash_handle_fn... no
checking for scm_t_subr... no
checking for usable C++ demangler... yes
checking GUILE rational bugfix... ok
checking for python-config... python-config
checking Python.h usability... yes
checking Python.h presence... yes
checking for Python.h... yes
checking for gs... gs
checking for gs... /usr/bin/gs
checking /usr/bin/gs version... 9.05
checking for fontforge... fontforge
checking for fontforge... /usr/bin/fontforge
checking /usr/bin/fontforge version... 20110222
checking for fontforge... (cached) fontforge
checking for fontforge... (cached) /usr/bin/fontforge
checking /usr/bin/fontforge version... 20110222
checking for t1asm... t1asm
checking for t1asm... /usr/bin/t1asm
checking assert.h usability... yes
checking assert.h presence... yes
checking for assert.h... yes
checking grp.h usability... yes
checking grp.h presence... yes
checking for grp.h... yes
checking libio.h usability... yes
checking libio.h presence... yes
checking for libio.h... yes
checking pwd.h usability... yes
checking pwd.h presence... yes
checking for pwd.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... (cached) yes
checking wchar.h usability... yes
checking wchar.h presence... yes
checking for wchar.h... yes
checking fpu_control.h usability... yes
checking fpu_control.h presence... yes
checking for fpu_control.h... yes
checking sstream usability... yes
checking sstream presence... yes
checking for sstream... yes
checking whether stat file-mode macros are broken... no
checking for working memcmp... yes
checking for vprintf... yes
checking for _doprnt... no
checking for chroot... yes
checking for fopencookie... yes
checking for gettext... (cached) yes
checking for isinf... yes
checking for memmem... yes
checking for snprintf... yes
checking for vsnprintf... yes
checking for pkg-config... pkg-config
checking pkg-config version... 0.26
checking whether to enable dynamic relocation... no
checking for rpath linkage... no
checking for pangoft2 >= 1.6.0... yes
checking PANGO_FT2_CFLAGS... -pthread -I/usr/include/pango-1.0
-I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/glib-2.0
-I/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include
checking PANGO_FT2_LIBS... -lpangoft2-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lfreetype
-lfontconfig -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0
checking pango/pangoft2.h usability... yes
checking pango/pangoft2.h presence... yes
checking for pango/pangoft2.h... yes
checking for pango_ft2_font_map_create_context... yes
checking for fontconfig >= 2.4.0... yes
checking FONTCONFIG_CFLAGS...
checking FONTCONFIG_LIBS... -lfontconfig
checking for freetype2 >= 2.1.10... yes
checking FREETYPE2_CFLAGS... -I/usr/include/freetype2
checking FREETYPE2_LIBS... -lfreetype
checking for some flavor of Windows... no
checking for -windres... no
checking for windres... no
checking for guile... guile
checking for guile... /usr/bin/guile
checking for perl... perl
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for makeinfo... makeinfo
checking makeinfo version... 4.13
checking for texi2html... texi2html
checking texi2html version... 1.82
checking for dblatex... dblatex
checking dblatex version... 0.3.2
checking for pdflatex... pdflatex
checking for pngtopnm... pngtopnm
checking for convert... convert
checking for zip... zip
checking for rsync... rsync
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating config.make
config.status: creating config.hh
config.status: config.hh is unchanged

Type:
    make all       to build LilyPond
    make install   to install LilyPond
    make help      to see all possible targets

Edit local.make for local Makefile overrides.

--snip--

make and make doc work fine (well make doc completes with no errors I
haven't actually looked through all the PDFs but the LM looked fine on
a quick skim).

I'm not going to comment on the Unity interface as I know that is a
sore topic for some users, but apart from figuring out how to get an
xterm (alt-f2 then type xterm!) it was pretty pain free. It's
certainly a smoother experience than 10.04 (if one cares about that
subtlety) even in a VM.

Compilation times are no quicker/slower it seems, although I haven't
'watched' a make doc for a few months now (I just kick off the command
and go and have a life, it's all done when I get back) so I thought it
had 'hung' as I am conditioned with my few years of making doc of a
constant stream 'matrix like' of screenout put. But this stuttered and
stopped so much I really thought something was wrong, Then I
realised...

Well 'squashed' Mr Phil! :)

Anyway, hope this was useful or interesting at the very least.

Any questions or queries please ask. I'll leave this VM 'as is' for
now and go back to normal LilyDev to try to get that updated with the
requests on the tracker item (I forget he number now).


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James