4.5.1 Using make

Note: make sure that you are in the ‘build/’ subdirectory of your source tree.

LilyPond is compiled with the make command. Assuming make is configured properly, you can simply run:

make

make’ is short for ‘make all’. To view a list of make targets, run:

make help

TODO: Describe what make actually does.

See also

Generating documentation provides more info on the make targets used to build the LilyPond documentation.


LilyPond — Contributor’s Guide v2.24.4 (stable-branch).