Xdvi responds very sluggishly or hangs while viewing lilypond output. A LinuxPPC RPM can be made using the lilypond.redhat.spec file. You can also compile a RPM for SUSE yourself. No precompiled packages for Slackware are available. Do not compile LilyPond with -O2 on this platform.
Some binaries are available at rpmfind.net.
A Debian package is also available. The official stable Debian 2.2 is stuck with the old LilyPond-1.3.24. Since LilyPond-1.4 has been released, the older lilypond1.3 Debian package is now obsolete. Please consult the FAQ before mailing your problems. Bugs that are not fault of LilyPond are documented here.