[Slackbuilds-users] Lilypond ignores the switch for not building dependencies.

[Kyle Guinn]

On 1/2/16, Black Rider <softwareworks at use.startmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have noticed that the lilypond SlackBuild requires dblatex in order to
> be properly built. The SlackBuild documentation says that dblatex is only
> required if you are trying to build the documentation, which is switched
> off by default. However, I lilypond seems to be ignoring the --enable-
> documentation=XX switch and requiring the user to install the components
> required for installing the documentation anyway.

What error message do you get?

Do you have a full Slackware installation, in particular with tetex
installed?  I get this if it's not installed.  Note that dblatex and
texi2html are optional, they're in the WARNING line, not the ERROR
line.

WARNING: Please consider installing optional programs or files:
texi2html dblatex bibtex pdflatex pdfetex pdftex etex epsf.tex lh CTAN
package (texlive-lang-cyrillic or texlive-texmf-fonts)

ERROR: Please install required programs:  mf-nowin mf mfw mfont mpost
kpsewhich metapost CTAN package (texlive-metapost)

Also, make sure you're using `su -`, not just `su`.  If you just
installed tetex, you'll need to log out and log back in for the PATH
settings to take effect.  See http://slackbuilds.org/howto/#su

-Kyle