MX 17/18 Repository: The Musescore Thread

[Stevo]

Musescore 2.1.0 has landed in our test repository. This version is ported over from stretch-backports to make it easier to install.

MuseScore is a free WYSIWYG music score typesetter for Linux, licenced under GNU GPL. Features:
- WYSIWYG, notes are entered on a "virtual note sheet"
- Unlimited score length
- Unlimited number of staves per system
- Up to four independent voices per staff
- easy and fast note entry with mouse, keyboard or midi
- integrated sequencer and FluidSynth software synthesizer
- import and export of MusicXml and standard midifiles (SMF)
- platform independent code for Linux, Windows and Mac
- Automatic part extraction and transposition
- Chord symbols
- Swing and shuffle playback
- and much more...

[Jerry3904]

How neat!

[Gaer Boy]

Thanks, Stevo - Musescore is a long-time favourite of mine. I assume this is MX-17 only. I look forward to the upgrade.

[Gaer Boy]

2.1.0 runs fine in MX-17. I've been using previous versions for a few years with zero problems. I think this could be moved to main.

[Stevo]

We now have updated Musescore to 2.2.1 in the test repository!

Release notes for the 2.2 series can be viewed here: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/devel ... sescore-22

[Stevo]

We have now updated to the latest 2.3 release in the test repo, as well as added the new soundfont package that it will pull in by default.

[Be OK]

Any news on version 3 the just updated to 3.1

[Stevo]

We can't build it on our Stretch base, since it requires a newer Qt 5 (>= 5.9) than we have at 5.7.1. You should be able to use the AppImage, though.

[Stevo]

Well, it turns out that by disabling the plugin builds, the current 3.2.3 release will build on our Qt 5, so 3.2.3's now in our test repo, ported over from stretch-backports-sloppy (and built from the source on the openSUSE Build Service, since I couldn't keep the builds from failing in pbuilder, sbuild, or Virtual Box installs.) The soundfont packages have also been updated to the current releases.

I don't know how important the plugins are for those using it, though. Let us know if you test it!

3.2.3 and the soundfonts are also in the MX 19 test repo, but I didn't have to struggle to build that version, and Qt 5 is new enough to support the plugins.