[Ardour-Users] Ardour on Apple Mac

[John Emmas]

Thanks Paul,

I'll pass the information on (it wasn't for me - someone else asked me
about it).

John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Davis" <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>
To: "John Emmas" <johne53 at tiscali.co.uk>
Cc: <ardour-users at lists.ardour.org>
Sent: 07 September 2007 11:05
Subject: Re: [Ardour-Users] Ardour on Apple Mac


> On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 09:56 +0000, John Emmas wrote:
>> Is there anything similar available for Mac users?  Or is it possible for
>> a
>> Mac user to install Ardour without needing to compile from source?
>> Thanks.
>
> the Mac DMG ("Disk iMaGE") is a point-and-click install. it has been
> that way for a couple of years now. you just download it and double
> click the icon. The DMG currently requires JACK and X11 already be
> installed (which are also point-n-click jobs). My new OS X native
> version includes JACK and does not require X11 any more, but I have not
> officially released a version yet.
>
> it would be nice if we could offer that on Linux, but the varieties of
> distributions and their configurations make it more work than anyone has
> been willing to put in.
>
> --p
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