Re: LilyPond on Linux

[Colin Campbell]

keith Luke wrote:
> My PC experience is with Windows, but I would like to use the 
> Frescobaldi GUI.  A friend suggested that I install Linux on a virtual 
> machine then install KDE and Frescobaldi on the system.  I told him I 
> was not Linux-literate and he said you don't have to be. All you need is 
> to be able to install it and install the apps and you're good to go.  
> I've seen some of the posts in this forum where some users have problems 
> when installing LilyPond on Linux systems, especially Ubuntu.

Others have suggested a dual-boot option, to which I would add that 
Frescobaldi is in the Ubuntu repositories, although IIRC it's a version 
behind (0.7 where current is 1.0 ). In Ubuntu, the Ubuntustudio package 
pulls in a shed-load of goodies, tailored to your choice of audio or 
video processing.

Staying in Windows, you can run a Windows install of Lilypond, and add 
to it jEdit with the LilypondTool plugin. The advantages are a single 
computing environment, and jEdit+Lilytool gives the same functionality 
as Frescobaldi, including the link from .PDF to input. You don't get the 
Rumour midi app, and the single computing environment is Windows, but 
should you migrate to Linux, jEdit is there waiting for you.



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Colin
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