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From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: installing older guile version
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 16:00:11 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87shdimdfo.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 04ac6093-ce4a-c5f8-0fed-52d75b49f6b7@web.de

Christian Alpen <c.alpen@web.de> writes:

> Hi everybody,
>
> I have a problem installing an older guile-version.
>
> I wanted to install a development-version of lilypond, which quits
> with following error:
>
> *WARNING: Please consider installing optional programs or files: 
> guile-2.0 < 1.9.0 (installed: 2.0.13)
>
> ERROR: Please install required programs:  guile-config < 1.9.0
> (installed: 2.0.13) (guile-devel, guile-dev or libguile-dev package)
> libguile (libguile-dev, guile-devel or guile-dev
> package). GUILE-with-rational-bugfix**
> *
>
> So  I got me an older version guile-1.7.91 (as I couldn't find any
> 1.8, this was the nearest to <1.9.0).

1.8.8 is the latest.  Current compilers and Texinfo might require a few
patches.  I think I remember that someone on this list (Thien-Thi
Nguyen?) maintained his own 1.8 version: it may be that joining forces
with him while Guile-2.x remains unsuitable for use with LilyPond is a
good idea.

-- 
David Kastrup




  reply	other threads:[~2017-11-13 15:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-11-13  7:48 installing older guile version Christian Alpen
2017-11-13 15:00 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2017-11-13 16:08   ` Ralf Mattes
2017-11-13 16:53     ` David Kastrup
2017-11-14  0:20 ` Thomas Morley
2017-11-14  0:49 ` Matt Wette

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