Linux
Check Python
Abjad requires Python 3.12 (or later):
~$ python --version
Python 3.13.3
Check LilyPond
Abjad requires LilyPond 2.25.26 (or later).
Make sure LilyPond is installed: http://lilypond.org/development.html
Make sure LilyPond is callable from the commandline:
~$ lilypond --version
GNU LilyPond 2.25.26
Copyright (c) 1996--2023 by
Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
and others.
This program is free software. It is covered by the GNU General Public
License and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it
under certain conditions. Invoke as `lilypond --warranty' for more
information.
Install Abjad in a Python 3 virtual environment
Create a Python 3 virtual environment for Abjad: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/venv.html
Activate the virtual environment and then use pip to install Abjad:
~$ python -m pip install abjad