hiya, i’m just trying to test out ardour on ubuntu 7.04. downloaded it and opened the archiver…now what? can’t find an executable file or anything else and the read me file isn’t too helpful either. please help
Tangible Audio Productions
Hi,
did you download the archive from this site? If so, the you downloaded the source code, this would mean that you need to compile it. If you aren’t exactly sure about what I’m talking of, better launch your package manager (synaptic I guess) and install Ardour from there, then Ardour should be automatically in your menu (executable file is called “ardour2”).
Benjamin
Also executable file may be a script “ardourvst”.
If you want to compile ardour from source to have latest version you will need to install the following packages:
(NOTE: versions are different since I am in 8.04, just use package names as reference)
libasound2-dev (1.0.15-3ubuntu4)
caps (0.4.2-1)
jack (3.1.1+cvs20050801-21)
jack-tools (0.0.2-4.1ubuntu1)
jackd (0.109.2-1ubuntu1)
libasound2-plugins (1.0.15-1ubuntu3)
libsdl-image1.2 (1.2.6-3)
meterbridge (0.9.2-6ubuntu2)
python-cddb (1.4-5.1build1)
python-eyed3 (0.6.14-1)
python-pyogg (1.3-1.1ubuntu4)
python-pyvorbis (1.3-1.2ubuntu2)
qjackctl (0.3.2-1ubuntu1)
tap-plugins (0.7.0-2)
vorbis-tools (1.1.1-15ubuntu0.1)
autotools-dev (20070725.1)
comerr-dev (2.1-1.40.8-2ubuntu2)
g++ (4:4.2.3-1ubuntu6)
g+±4.2 (4.2.3-2ubuntu7)
ladspa-sdk (1.1-6)
libart-2.0-dev (2.3.20-1)
libatk1.0-dev (1.22.0-0ubuntu1)
libboost-dev (1.34.1-4ubuntu3)
libcairo2-dev (1.6.0-0ubuntu1)
libcurl4-openssl-dev (7.18.0-1ubuntu2)
libexpat1-dev (2.0.1-0ubuntu1)
libfftw3-dev (3.1.2-3ubuntu1)
libfontconfig1-dev (2.5.0-2ubuntu3)
libfreetype6-dev (2.3.5-1ubuntu4)
libgail-dev (1.22.1-0ubuntu1)
libglib2.0-dev (2.16.3-1ubuntu3)
libgnomecanvas2-dev (2.20.1.1-1)
libgtk2.0-dev (2.12.9-3ubuntu4)
libice-dev (2:1.0.4-1)
libidn11-dev (1.1-1)
libjack-dev (0.109.2-1ubuntu1)
libjack0.100.0-dev (0.109.2-1ubuntu1)
libkadm55 (1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-2ubuntu1)
libkrb5-dev (1.6.dfsg.3~beta1-2ubuntu1)
libldap2-dev (2.4.9-0ubuntu0.8.04)
liblo0 (0.23-2.1build1)
liblo0-dev (0.23-2.1build1)
liblrdf0-dev (0.4.0-1build1)
libpango1.0-dev (1.20.1-1)
libpixman-1-dev (0.10.0-0ubuntu1)
libpng12-dev (1.2.15~beta5-3)
libraptor1-dev (1.4.16-1)
libsamplerate0-dev (0.1.2-5ubuntu1)
libsm-dev (2:1.0.3-1)
libssl-dev (0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.3)
libstdc++6-4.2-dev (4.2.3-2ubuntu7)
libtool (1.5.26-1ubuntu1)
libxcomposite-dev (1:0.4.0-1)
libxcursor-dev (1:1.1.9-1)
libxdamage-dev (1:1.1.1-3)
libxext-dev (2:1.0.3-2build1)
libxfixes-dev (1:4.0.3-2)
libxft-dev (2.1.12-2ubuntu5)
libxi-dev (2:1.1.3-1)
libxinerama-dev (2:1.0.2-1build1)
libxml2-dev (2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1)
libxrandr-dev (2:1.2.2-1)
libxrender-dev (1:0.9.4-1)
libxslt1-dev (1.1.22-1ubuntu1)
python2.5-dev (2.5.2-2ubuntu4)
scons (0.97.0d20071203-1ubuntu1)
x11proto-composite-dev (1:0.4-2)
x11proto-damage-dev (1:1.1.0-2build1)
x11proto-fixes-dev (1:4.0-2ubuntu1)
x11proto-randr-dev (1.2.1-2)
x11proto-render-dev (2:0.9.3-2)
x11proto-xext-dev (7.0.2-5ubuntu1)
x11proto-xinerama-dev (1.1.2-4ubuntu1)
xml2 (0.3-1.1)
zlib1g-dev (1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-7ubuntu1)
Then cd to uncompressed dir with a shell and type scons. This will take a long time.
Then do sudo scons install to install
To start type ardour2 in a shell