Installing LilyPond
When we have whetted your appetite for LilyPond, then this is the right page. Click the download links for the platform of your choice, and go onto Getting started.
Download LilyPond 2.12 -- stable branch
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GNU/Linux |
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Any x86 | - |
Download the installer;
do sh lilypond-X.Y.Z.linux-x86.sh in a command window. |
2.12.1-1 | LilyPond development team | |
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Any x86_64 | - |
Download the installer;
do sh lilypond-X.Y.Z.linux-64.sh in a command window. |
2.12.1-1 | LilyPond development team | |
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Any PowerPC | - |
Download the installer;
do sh lilypond-X.Y.Z.linux-ppc.sh in a command window. |
2.12.1-1 | LilyPond development team | |
Other |
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FreeBSD | 4.x |
Download the installer
do sh lilypond-X.Y.Z.freebsd-x86.sh in a command window. |
2.12.1-1 | LilyPond development team | |
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FreeBSD x86_64 | 6.x |
Download the installer
do sh lilypond-X.Y.Z.freebsd-64.sh in a command window. |
2.12.1-1 | LilyPond development team | |
| MacOS X | 10.5 (Leopard) | Go here | Ivo Bouwmans | |||
| MacOS X (Intel) | 10.4 | Download LilyPond | 2.12.1-1 | LilyPond development team | ||
| MacOS X (G3, G4, G5 Macs) | 10.3 and newer | Download LilyPond | 2.12.1-1 | LilyPond development team | ||
| Microsoft Windows | ME, NT, 2000, XP | Install | 2.12.1-1 | LilyPond development team | ||
Documentation and Source code |
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| Documentation | Download tarball | 2.12.1-1 | LilyPond development team | |||
| Source code | Download tarball (warning) | 2.12.1 | LilyPond development team | |||
Download LilyPond 2.10 -- old branch
| Platform | Version | Go here | LilyPond version | Packager | ||
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GNU/Linux |
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Any x86 | - |
Download the installer;
do sh lilypond-X.Y.Z.linux-x86.sh in a command window. |
2.10.33-1 | LilyPond development team | |
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Any x86_64 | - |
Download the installer;
do sh lilypond-X.Y.Z.linux-64.sh in a command window. |
2.10.33-1 | LilyPond development team | |
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Any PowerPC | - |
Download the installer;
do sh lilypond-X.Y.Z.linux-ppc.sh in a command window. |
2.10.33-1 | LilyPond development team | |
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Slackware | 11.0 |
Go here
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2.10.15 | Johannes Schöpfer | |
Other |
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FreeBSD | 4.x |
Download the installer
do sh lilypond-X.Y.Z.freebsd-x86.sh in a command window. |
2.10.33-1 | LilyPond development team | |
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FreeBSD x86_64 | 6.x |
Download the installer
do sh lilypond-X.Y.Z.freebsd-64.sh in a command window. |
2.10.33-1 | LilyPond development team | |
| MacOS X | 10.5 (Leopard) | Go here | Ivo Bouwmans | |||
| MacOS X (Intel) | 10.4 | Download LilyPond | 2.10.33-1 | LilyPond development team | ||
| MacOS X (G3, G4, G5 Macs) | 10.3 and newer | Download LilyPond | 2.10.33-1 | LilyPond development team | ||
| Microsoft Windows | ME, NT, 2000, XP | Install | 2.10.33-1 | LilyPond development team | ||
Documentation and Source code |
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| Documentation | Download tarball | 2.10.33-1 | LilyPond development team | |||
| Source code | Download tarball (warning) | 2.10.33 | LilyPond development team | |||
Ancient versions
If you think Lily is moving too fast, try one of our older versions or proceed directly to the download site. .
Sponsors
Thanks go Virginia Tech and linuxaudio.org for sponsoring our bandwidth.
Notes
The readily built installers were created with GUB. Refer to the GUB README for more information on GUB.
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