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How to install jcgui?

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I like to install this:

https://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/jcgui

But it is not in my repositories (Linux Mint 17). How can I install it?
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Re: How to install jcgui?

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You can try to build it:
https://github.com/greenm01/jcgui

Or use this old ubuntu files....
http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/p ... e/j/jcgui/

I dont know if it works
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Re: How to install jcgui?

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Configuration fails, it goes wrong here:

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Checking for jack >= 0.109.1             : Package "jack (>= 0.109.1)" could not be found or the found version is too old. 
Now what do I do?
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Re: How to install jcgui?

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LinMusGuy wrote:Configuration fails, it goes wrong here:

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Checking for jack >= 0.109.1             : Package "jack (>= 0.109.1)" could not be found or the found version is too old. 
Now what do I do?
Nothing. The chance that you can upgrade jack to a higher version is nil. It might, however, mean that you've got Jack1 installed instead of Jack1 (jack1's version is "below zero", jack 2 is > 1.9).

Anyway, I wouldn't bother. Don't break a working system for a utility. :)
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Re: How to install jcgui?

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Thanks! The reason I asked this question is because I want to have at least one convolver to play with impulse responses. Now I already installed jconvolver but its hard to understand (for me at least) without a GUI. Perhaps there is another alternative?
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Re: How to install jcgui?

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LinMusGuy wrote:Thanks! The reason I asked this question is because I want to have at least one convolver to play with impulse responses. Now I already installed jconvolver but its hard to understand (for me at least) without a GUI. Perhaps there is another alternative?
I do not know what a convolver is, could you explain?
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Re: How to install jcgui?

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A convolver is a program that is capable of computing the convolution of two signals. For convolution see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convolution
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Re: How to install jcgui?

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Not knowing waht a convolver is I did a search in Carla and some came up:
  • Impusle Convolver by Steve Harris (i.e. from the Steve Harris LADSPA plugins)
  • Convolution Reverb by Cabbage Audio (from the Cabbage Plugins package)
  • LV2 Convolution Stereo by Robin Gareus (?)
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Re: How to install jcgui?

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I've just built this from Git with the Latest Jack2. It recognised Jack2 no problem, and built successfully.

If you're not familiar with ./waf, it's easy to get going.

alex$ ./waf configure
then

alex$ ./waf

it will build, then

alex$ ./waf install (as root, so on an Ubuntu or Debian based system, you'd use Sudo. i.e. alex$ sudo ./waf install and put in your password )


That will install into /usr/local/bin.

if you want to install into /usr/bin, then add the prefix to the configure stage.

alex$ ./waf configure --prefix=/usr

(All the alex$ are my command line. The actual command comes after that.)

See the README in the jc_gui directory for these details.

Alex.


NOTE: Make sure you have all the Jack-dev files installed for your current version. It won't compile without them.
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Re: How to install jcgui?

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For Jack I get:

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jackd -V
jackdmp version 1.9.12 tmpdir /dev/shm protocol 8
But configuration still fails. What are the Jack-dev files you are referring to?
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Re: How to install jcgui?

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Do you have something like libjack-jackd2-0, and libjack-jackd2-dev installed?
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Re: How to install jcgui?

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alex stone wrote:Do you have something like libjack-jackd2-0, and libjack-jackd2-dev installed?
Well - I have cjgui installed now. :D I had to install some other files along the way, just as you said. I will see how it works later. Thank you very much for the tips!
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Linuxmusician01 wrote:Not knowing waht a convolver is I did a search in Carla and some came up:
  • Impusle Convolver by Steve Harris (i.e. from the Steve Harris LADSPA plugins)
  • Convolution Reverb by Cabbage Audio (from the Cabbage Plugins package)
  • LV2 Convolution Stereo by Robin Gareus (?)
Thanks! I see them in Carla now. But they seem quite limited programs.
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Re: How to install jcgui?

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Glad to have learned that jcgui can be compiled from source!
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Re: How to install jcgui?

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Linuxmusician01 wrote:Glad to have learned that jcgui can be compiled from source!
I am still struggling with compiling from source, but sometimes I succeed. It's more luck than wisdom. :mrgreen:

Is there a good book on compiling from source? I always prefer to know what I am doing...
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