Deciding if this is a good idea
The following list contains valid reasons for going to the trouble of installing IDJC from source.
- IDJC is absent from the repository.
- The repository version is ancient but functional.
- The repository version has features removed for fear of legal action.
- The repository version has a minimum set of features generally.
- The repository version is broken.
Removing old versions
It's a good idea to remove any old versions of IDJC at this point.
Installing dependencies
The following software is required to build IDJC or is used by IDJC at run-time.
There should be similarly named binary packages in your package management system for all of these of
which you typically want the library development packages whose names carry the -dev suffix.
Project name | Version | Comment |
Python | 2.6+, not 3 | Required—probably installed already |
mutagen | 1.18+ | Required |
Jack Audio Connection Kit | 0.116.0+ | Required—need library and server |
PyGTK | 2.18+ | Required |
vorbis-tools | 1.2.0+ | Required |
libsndfile | 1.0.12+ | Required |
libsamplerate | 0.1.4+ | Required |
GLib2 | 2.0.0+ | Required |
Lame | 3.97+ | Recommended—provides support for streaming/recording in the mp3 format |
libmad | 0.15.1b+ | Recommended—provides support for mp3 playback |
FFmpeg/libav | 0.5+ | Recommended—provides support for mp4/m4a,ape,mpc playback |
FLAC | 1.1.3+ | Recommended—provides support for FLAC playback, recording, and streaming |
speex | 1.2rc1+ | Recommended—provides support for speex playback and streaming |
libshout | 2.2.2+ | Optional—for those who insist on not using the more featureful
incorporated version—a sub-project of Icecast |
For Ubuntu users, this command should be enough to satisfy all of the above.
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential libc6-dev libglib2.0-dev libjack-dev jackd libvorbis-dev libsamplerate0-dev libsndfile1-dev python-gtk2-dev libmad0-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev libmp3lame-dev libflac-dev python-mutagen libspeex-dev
If during the execution of the above command you are asked whether to configure your system for JACK/realtime the sensible choice is yes.
Obtaining the IDJC source code
There are two options available to you. One is to get the official release (recommended), the other is to
obtain the development sources, which are only casually tested.
Option 1: Obtaining the latest official release
Navigate to http://sourceforge.net/projects/idjc/.
Hit the big green Download button and wait for the download to finish. Make a note of the version number.
$ cd Downloads
$ tar xzvf idjc-[version].tar.gz
$ cd idjc-[version]/
Option 2: Obtaining the development sources
$ sudo apt-get install git-core autoconf libtool autopoint imagemagick
$ git clone git://idjc.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/idjc/idjc
$ cd idjc/
$ ./env-up
Note the Ubuntu specific command for installing Git, which you will need to have installed.
The build process
$ ./configure CFLAGS="-O2"
$ make
$ sudo make install
For systems that don't have sudo configured, use the following form instead.
su -c "make install"
Finally
At this stage it's installed but see the First run section
as further configuration is very likely needed.
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