Re: make install fails with Lily 2.7.x
On Saturday 10 December 2005 11.19, Cameron Horsburgh wrote: > Cameron Horsburgh wrote: > I've finally fixed this problem, so I thought I'd post back for the sake > of the archives. > > I've been a little frustrated by the lack of a 2.7 series deb, so in the > true Free Software tradition I decided to make one myself! I know little > about these things, so I downloaded the RPM (2.7.12) from the website, > converted it to deb with alien, and installed it. > > When 2.7.13 came out, I did the same thing. It didn't install--I now > know that the removal scripts weren't right for my setup, and 2.7.12 > wouldn't uninstall. I tried again with 2.7.14, and then gave up. Another way could be to use the control files etc. from the 2.6 packages, and see if they work with 2.7 (my guess is that this could work pretty well, since there are no major changes in dependencies). -- Erik ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: make install fails with Lily 2.7.x
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cameron Horsburgh wrote: > Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > > Thanks for the prompt reply. > >>Cameron Horsburgh writes: >> >> >> >install-info --remove --info-dir=/usr/local/info ./out/lilypond.info >install-info(./out/lilypond.info): failed to lock dir for editing! File >exists >try deleting /usr/local/info/dir.lock ? Did you try? >>> >>>Yes, I did. The result is exactly the same. >> >> >>>Do you have any idea where I should start looking? >> >> >>I would investigate why install-info does not work for you, try running >>the install-info commands manually. >> > > I've got absolutely no idea about any of this, but you've given me a > place to start looking. Thanks! > > >>>An alternative which would keep me happy for now is to build LilyPond >>>without the documentation. Is there a not-too-involved way to do this? >> >> >>You could try commenting-out the install-info commands. > > > I grepped around a bit and my problem rears its during the processing of > lilypond-2.7.17/Documentation/user/GNUmakefile > > As you suggested I commented out the install-info commands and > everything built properly. > > Thanks for your help! > >>Jan. >> > > > > > ___ > lilypond-devel mailing list > lilypond-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel > I've finally fixed this problem, so I thought I'd post back for the sake of the archives. I've been a little frustrated by the lack of a 2.7 series deb, so in the true Free Software tradition I decided to make one myself! I know little about these things, so I downloaded the RPM (2.7.12) from the website, converted it to deb with alien, and installed it. When 2.7.13 came out, I did the same thing. It didn't install--I now know that the removal scripts weren't right for my setup, and 2.7.12 wouldn't uninstall. I tried again with 2.7.14, and then gave up. My research suggested that a package could use the removal scripts of a new package if it didn't have one itself. The thing to do, then, I figured, was to build a native Debian package and install that. Hopefully the removal scripts would be a little more useful. Of course, that was a little naive, but it nearly worked. However, it seems what little removal had occurred for the original 2.7.12 choked at the removal of the info files. So that explains why the install-info script failed. I fixed everything by deleting a few lines in the prerm and preinst scripts, then running apt-get remove again. That worked beautifully... and so does make install! Again, thanks for your help! I've learnt a lot about packaging and the structure of the Lilypond source tree, so the effort certainly hasn't been wasted. Cameron Horsburgh -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDmqvFvoajcVq9gkURAuZRAJ9vPWyZZx59v5wWt9TfL2Yeljr+tgCfSsox TDBxxd7ibpfY9Z5J9VtXzV8= =w2+j -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: make install fails with Lily 2.7.x
Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: Thanks for the prompt reply. > Cameron Horsburgh writes: > > install-info --remove --info-dir=/usr/local/info ./out/lilypond.info install-info(./out/lilypond.info): failed to lock dir for editing! File exists try deleting /usr/local/info/dir.lock ? >>> >>>Did you try? >> >>Yes, I did. The result is exactly the same. > > >>Do you have any idea where I should start looking? > > > I would investigate why install-info does not work for you, try running > the install-info commands manually. > I've got absolutely no idea about any of this, but you've given me a place to start looking. Thanks! > >>An alternative which would keep me happy for now is to build LilyPond >>without the documentation. Is there a not-too-involved way to do this? > > > You could try commenting-out the install-info commands. I grepped around a bit and my problem rears its during the processing of lilypond-2.7.17/Documentation/user/GNUmakefile As you suggested I commented out the install-info commands and everything built properly. Thanks for your help! > > Jan. > ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: make install fails with Lily 2.7.x
Cameron Horsburgh writes: >>>install-info --remove --info-dir=/usr/local/info ./out/lilypond.info >>>install-info(./out/lilypond.info): failed to lock dir for editing! File >>>exists >>>try deleting /usr/local/info/dir.lock ? >> >> Did you try? > > Yes, I did. The result is exactly the same. > Do you have any idea where I should start looking? I would investigate why install-info does not work for you, try running the install-info commands manually. > An alternative which would keep me happy for now is to build LilyPond > without the documentation. Is there a not-too-involved way to do this? You could try commenting-out the install-info commands. Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: make install fails with Lily 2.7.x
Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: Thanks for your reply! > Cameron Horsburgh writes: > > >>install-info --remove --info-dir=/usr/local/info ./out/lilypond.info >>install-info(./out/lilypond.info): failed to lock dir for editing! File >>exists >>try deleting /usr/local/info/dir.lock ? > > > Did you try? Yes, I did. The result is exactly the same. > > >>I have searched the archive and a similar problem was reported in >>http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2005-08/msg00071.html > > > It's similar, but not the same. > > >>The replies seem to suggest that the problem was fixed, but apparently not! > > > That problem was fixed, this seems to be a problem with your system. Given that no one else seems to have this problem, I suspected as much! Do you have any idea where I should start looking? An alternative which would keep me happy for now is to build LilyPond without the documentation. Is there a not-too-involved way to do this? > Jan. > ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
Re: make install fails with Lily 2.7.x
Cameron Horsburgh writes: > install-info --remove --info-dir=/usr/local/info ./out/lilypond.info > install-info(./out/lilypond.info): failed to lock dir for editing! File > exists > try deleting /usr/local/info/dir.lock ? Did you try? > I have searched the archive and a similar problem was reported in > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/lilypond-devel/2005-08/msg00071.html It's similar, but not the same. > The replies seem to suggest that the problem was fixed, but apparently not! That problem was fixed, this seems to be a problem with your system. Jan. -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | GNU LilyPond - The music typesetter http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien | http://www.lilypond.org ___ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
