[Ardour-Users] Question from a new list member

[Ralf Mardorf]

m.eik michalke wrote:
> hello christian,
>
> am Freitag, 24. Oktober 2008 (13:57) schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
>   
>> sudo dpkg -i ardour_2.5-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
>>     
>
> i wouldn't recommend this manual approach of installing packages, because you 
> will end up in dependency purgatory if the desired package craves for other 
> packages. you don't want to wget them all by hand...
>
> as of ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy gibbon), all packages of the ubuntu studio project 
> (http://ubuntustudio.org) are part of the ordinary ubuntu repos. so basically 
> all it should take to install ardour on a running hardy system should be to
>
>  sudo aptitude install ardour
>
> on a console. there are metapackages like "ubuntustudio-audio" 
> and "ubuntustudio-audio-plugins" if you want to install an "all you need" 
> audio suite. the "linux-rt" package might be a good idea too, to get a kernel 
> with real time support. so instead of the above, type
>
>  sudo aptitude install ubuntustudio-audio ubuntustudio-audio-plugins linux-rt
>
> and wait for the installation to finish.
>
>
> viele gruesse :: m.eik
>   

Yes, this is the better way to do it, as I've written, I'm not familiar
with Ubuntu, but doing this take care that the repositories are updated
by running

sudo apt-get update

I guess the repository for updates is enabled by default, maybe there is
the latest version of Ardour.

After installing a kernel-rt you might have to do some settings.

The user has to be member of the group audio.

Check this by running the command

groups

If needed add a the group by running

sudo useradd -G audio your_username


Check by running an editor with sudo, that /etc/security/limits.conf is
set to something like this, resp. add this, if there are no entries for
'audio':

@audio   -  rtprio     99
@audio   -  memlock    unlimited
@audio   -  nice      -19

You don't have to do this, if you'll install 64 Studio 2.1, that is Debian based like Ubuntu.


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