Re: [Denemo-devel] install help required

[Richard Shann]

On Fri, 2013-04-05 at 12:09 +1300, wjm wrote:
> Greetings Richard and Federico,
> Where I am now... :)
> I downloaded and ran the denemo-1.0.0-0.linux-x86.sh script but got many 
> errors about missing directories under my home directory involving the 
> name of one of the developers... I've forgotten the full name by now but 
> it had a double 'jj' in it, I think.

Thank you for this feedback - I have updated the Download page of the
denemo.org website to say that the binary doesn't work on Ubuntu 12.10
AMD64.



> I returned to the original compilation process and followed the 
> suggestion concerning installing .dev files as the process proceeded.
> Installing the lib-fluidsynth dev file required the removal of, among 
> other things, google-earth and a number of ia32 bits. After further dev 
> installations I finally was able to make and make install and now have a 
> functioning version of Denemo.
> Thanks for all your help.
> I don't know how long it will take me to get Denemo fully installed in 
> my head! :)

Each new user brings a different skill set to the program, but any
feedback that would enable us to ease the way in would be welcome.
Thanks
Richard


> Best regards
> Bill
> 
> On 05/04/13 02:45, Richard Shann wrote:
> > I am not knowledgeable enough to say how the configure program needs
> > adjusting to fix this, but I wonder if you realize there is a pre-built
> > binary to use for GNU/Linux?
> > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/denemo/denemo-1.0.0-0.linux-x86.sh
> > I believe is a shell script which you can run (as ordinary user) to
> > install Denemo under your home directory.
> >
> > Hopefully Jeremiah or one of the distro maintainers can comment on the
> > original question.
> > HTH
> > Richard
>  >>>
> You probably need this package:
> libfluidsynth-dev
> 
> Recommended way to compile a program from source in a debian based distro
> is:
> 
> 1) use the dependencies configured for the package (if present in the
> repository, which is the case for Denemo):
> 
> apt-get build-dep denemo
> 
> 2) if ./configure complains about missing packages (maybe new dependencies
> introduced in later versions of the program), you usually need to install
> the -dev packages.
> 
> HTH
> Federico
>  >>>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2013-04-04 at 11:16 +1300, wjm wrote:
> >> Greetings,
> >> When installing Denemo the configure program exits with an error message:-
> >> checking for FLUIDSYNTH... no
> >> configure: error: Package requirements (fluidsynth >= 1.0.8) were not met:
> >> No package 'fluidsynth' found
> >>
> >> However, the system command 'which fluidsynth' gives the following:-
> >> /usr/bin/fluidsynth
> >>
> >> Its version number is:-
> >> FluidSynth version 1.1.5
> >>
> >> Can you provide a reasonably full help for this, please?
> >> You are dealing with someone with no familiarity with the inner workings
> >> of source compilation. :)
> >>
> >> The system here is:-
> >> Ubuntu 12.10
> >> AMD64
> >>
> >> Many thanks,
> >> Bill
> >>
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