Re: can't update lilypond in debian

[Nicolas Sceaux]

Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:34:39 +0000, tu as dit : 

 > I just installed Debian on an older box at home and I am having a problem
 > updating Lilypond.  When I run apt-get install lilypond I receive the message
 > that Lilypond is already the newest version, but lilypond -v returns 1.4.12. 
 > Can anyone help with this?

 > Thanks
 > David

In stable and testing Debian, 1.4.12 is the latest LilyPond
version. You may want to install the "unstable" Debian 1.8.0 package:

   apt-get install -t unstable lilypond

You may first have to edit your /etc/apt/sources.list to add the
unstable references:

   deb ftp://xxxxxx.ftp.debian.org sid main contrib

Also check that you have an /etc/apt/apt.conf file mentionning your
prefered distrib version, for instance:

   APT::Default-Release "testing";

See:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-default-version

But maybe someone has packaged LilyPond 1.8 for stable or testing,
which would save you some "unstable" upgrades.

nicolas