Re: Install 2.7.27 on Linux

[Han-Wen Nienhuys]

John Wiedenhoeft wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> could anybody please explain how to install LP 2.7.27 on linux? I was
> perfectly happy with the autopackage, this shell-script seems not to
> work on my system (I tried right click => execute in shell, a shell
> opened, but vanished the next moment, and nothig - at least not lilypond
> - was installed).

As was noted by someone, the sh archive erroneously uses tar -xzf iso. 
tar -xjf for extraction. This will be adressed in the next release

> Why not use autopackage anymore?

We have various issues with autopackage, not in the least technical, but 
most importantly, their development team does not take our complaints in 
the least bit serious. The fact that it seems impossible to compile 
autopackage without autopackage itself (ie. it's not possible to cross 
compile it) was the straw that broke the camel's back.

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