How To Install lilypond on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install lilypond on Debian 11. lilypond is program for typesetting sheet music

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lilypond on Debian 11.

What is lilypond

lilypond is:

LilyPond is a music typesetter, an automated engraving system. It produces beautiful sheet music using a high level description file as input.

LilyPond supports many forms of music notation constructs, including chord names, drum notation, figured bass, grace notes, guitar tablature, modern notation (cluster notation and rhythmic grouping), tremolos, (nested) tuplets in arbitrary ratios, and more.

LilyPond’s text-based music input language support can integrate into LaTeX, HTML and Texinfo seamlessly, allowing single sheet music or musicological treatises to be written from a single source. Form and content are separate, and with LilyPond’s expert automated formatting, users don’t need typographical expertise to produce good notation.

LilyPond produces PDF, PostScript, SVG, or TeX printed output, as well as MIDI for listening pleasures. LilyPond is exported from the RoseGarden and NoteEdit GUIs, and can import ABC, ETF and MIDI.

LilyPond is part of the GNU Project.

There are three methods to install lilypond on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lilypond Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lilypond using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lilypond

Install lilypond Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lilypond using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lilypond

Install lilypond Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install lilypond using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lilypond

How To Uninstall lilypond on Debian 11

To uninstall only the lilypond package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lilypond

Uninstall lilypond And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lilypond and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lilypond

Remove lilypond Configurations and Data

To remove lilypond configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lilypond

Remove lilypond configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lilypond configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lilypond

Dependencies

lilypond have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lilypond package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.