Problem in configuring source directory in Debian 12

Tim Yang <[email protected]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 19:00:29 +0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.lilypond.devel
Message-ID <CAEL5zCcH+egjdSL9oWmqE+9uOgn9xBo4wr1gw7mULSyD6r6R=A@mail.gmail.com>
Hi:
I am just starting to work on building Lilypond and encounter some
essential issues.
I am working on a Debian 12 desktop system.
First I downloaded LilyDev-3 and following the instructions to start the
container.
When I started to configure the source code by running ../configure in the
build directory, the configuration process stopped with an error as
follows::
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checking for bdw-gc... no
configure: error: Package requirements (bdw-gc) were not met:

No package 'bdw-gc' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables BDWGC_CFLAGS
and BDWGC_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.
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Then I tried to work on the source code directory directly under Debian 12.
The same error arose.  I found the function of bdw-gc is provided by libgc1
in Debian so I installed it, but it does not help.

Please help.

Tim Yang