On Wednesday, 8 September 1999, "Richard L. Grubb" writes: > I am trying to compile lilypond 1.0.17 on MkLinux DR3. You should consider upgrading, 1.0.17 is about a year old, see ftp.lilypond.org > The make process proceeded for about 10 to 15 minutes before it stops. > The last series of messages were: > > make -C include all && true > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/lilypond-1.0.17/lily/include' > ../../stepmake/stepmake/generic-targets.make:159 out/dummy.dep: No > such file or directory > mkdir out > touch out/dummy.dep > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lilypond-1.0.17/lily/include' > make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/lilypond-1.0.17/lily/include' > true > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lilypond-1.0.17/lily/include' > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lilypond-1.0.17/lily' > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/lilypond-1.0.17/mf' > ../../stepmake/stepmake/generic-targets.make:159 out/dummy.dep: No > such file or directory > mkdir out > mkdir: cannot make dir `out': File exists > make[1]:[out/dummy.dep] Error 1 (ignored) > touch out/dummy.dep > make[1]: Leaving directory > `/usr/src/lilypond-1.0.17/mf' > make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/lilypond-1.0.17/mf' > echo no mf or mfont fetall.mf > no mf or mfont fetall.mf > mv: fetall.log out/fetall.log > mv: fetall.log: No such file > make[1]: ***[out/fetall.log] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/lilypond-1.0.17/mf' > make: ***[all] Error 2 > > Where does fetall.mf come from? Strange, there's a feta11.mf (feta<eleven>.mf)... > What do I need to do to continue the build process? You need to install metafont, 'mf' or 'mfont', probably in the teTeX package. Greetings, Jan. Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien/ | http://www.lilypond.org/