[Ardour-Users] Jack2 (1.9.7) & ardour 3.0

[Wayne]

Il giorno mar, 03/05/2011 alle 19.45 -0400, Henry W. Peters ha scritto: 

> Thanks much (all). My Debian Squeeze package manager only has the 1.9.6 
> version.  I did manage to find the debian-tarball you mentioned, got it 
> unpacked (via 'Archive Manager') wondered what the heck to do with it... 


    i found this at the Debian package database:

http://packages.debian.org/sid/jackd2

though i have no idea how you can install an experimental Sid package
into your stable Squeeze, i believe it can be done.

good luck.


> Now I know (a little something) about it. I shall ponder & meditate, 
> upon the likely necessities, & possibly give it a try. Like the poet 
> said: "How can you learn less?"
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Henry
> 
> 
> On 05/03/2011 06:52 PM, m.eik michalke wrote:
> > hi henry,
> >
> > am Dienstag 03 Mai 2011 (20:35) schrieb Henry W. Peters:
> >    
> >> I have tried to install jack2 (1.9.7) by building the tar ball
> >>      
> > [...]
> >    
> >> When I try to uninstall, or remove jack 1.9.6 via synaptic, it 'wants' to
> >> remove a bunch of jack related programs, including my install of ardour
> >> 2.8.11,&  not only that, but reinstall jack1. Is there some way around this
> >> quandary (this may be a deja vu circumstance)?
> >>      
> > as wayne already pointed out, installing something circumventing the package
> > management is probably not the best idea.
> >
> > in case there's no .deb package of 1.9.7 around, you can try to build one on
> > your own and let that one replace the installed one. this might seem a little
> > more complicated than compiling directly from source, but at least your system
> > is aware of what belongs to which package.
> >
> > a dirty hack (i didn't try with jack myself, but it worked on a lot of other
> > packages): as long as a) the package isn't heavily patched by its maintainer,
> > and b) there's no deep rooted changes between the two versions, you can try to
> > apply the latest package diff patch against the new sources (look at the
> > sources your distributor provides, it should be there somehwere...), like
> >
> >   cd new_package_sources
> >   zcat /path/to/package_name-version.diff.gz | patch -p1
> >
> > (although for jack there even seems to be a debian-tarball you just have to
> > unpack, see http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/jackd2 )
> >
> > this should create an additional folder called "debian" in the source's root
> > directory with all files needed for packaging. to change the version number of
> > the package, update "debian/changelog". then run
> >
> >   dpkg-buildpackage -r fakeroot
> >
> > in the source's root directory to build the package. you'll most likely need
> > to install some develepment packages for this to work, if you run into errors.
> > after the package was created, install it by
> >
> >   dpkg -i package_name-version.deb
> >
> > but be aware that although now your package management system should be
> > satisfied, the contents of your new package can of course still completely
> > break your setup! however, if that's the case, you should be able to simply
> > downgrade again to the previous package. remind yourself of this advantage if
> > building a package for the first time leads you to despair... ;-)
> >
> >
> > viele grüße :: m.eik
> >
> >    
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