David,
Thanks for the reply but this doesn't seem to be working.
I edited .bashrc as suggested.
On 'echo $OPCODEDIR' I receive just a blank line.

Yes, I am running bash shell.

I was reading the cSound manual about this (pg. 63):
"You can set environmental variables on the command line or the configuration 
file .csoundrc by using the flag --env:NAME=VALE.......Please note that this 
method of setting environmental variables will not work for variables which 
are parsed before the command line arguments...the following environmental 
variables must be set on the system prior to running csound: 
OPCODEDIR..CSSTRINGS..."

I assume that's what you were helping me to do, but like I said, still 
receiving the same error message from cSound5.


On Thursday 15 November 2007 7:43:44 pm David Worrall wrote:
> Hi Matt, I'm not on Linux but perhaps I can help
> I presume you're running a bash shell..
> (if csh or other the commands are similar)
>
> If so, in your home directory find an existing, or create a file
> called .bashrc
> in it put
> set OPCODEDIR='/usr/local/lib/csound/plugins'
> set CSSTRNGS='/usr/local/share/csound/xmg'
>
> save the file and then, at the prompt, type
> source ~/.bashrc
> (this alerts the current shell to the new stuff)
>
> if you want to check that the shel 'knows' about its new variables,
> at the bash prompt  type
> echo $OPCODEDIR
> and
> echo $CSSTRNGS
>
> and you see the strings filepaths you've set, above.
>
> David
>
> On 16/11/2007, at 11:13 AM, Matt Enkoan wrote:
> > I just compiled csound5 in Ubuntu 7.10 as per instructions,
> > everything went
> > fine, I am just confused about one thing (very basic I think, but I
> > am newb
> > material)
> > After running ./install.py I got the message:
> > Csound installation has been successfully completed.
> > Before running Csound, make sure that the following environment
> > variables are set:
> >   OPCODEDIR=/usr/local/lib/csound/plugins
> >   CSSTRNGS=/usr/local/share/csound/xmg
> > Csound can be uninstalled by running /usr/local/bin/uninstall-csound5
> >
> > and similarly running csound:
> >
> > ################################################################
> >         #               WARNING: OPCODEDIR IS NOT
> > SET !                #
> >         # Csound requires this environment variable to be set to
> > find  #
> >         # its plugin libraries. If it is not set, you may
> > experience   #
> >         # missing opcodes, audio/MIDI drivers, or
> > utilities.           #
> >
> > ################################################################
> >
> > apparently I need to set some environmental variables.  I think I read
> > something about the command 'setenv', but that command is not
> > available to
> > me in terminal.
> >
> > can someone please explain to me how to do this?
> >
> > Victor Lazzarini wrote:
> >> You will need at least
> >>
> >> 1. libsndfile (www.mega-nerd.com/libsndfile)
> >> 2. scons (www.scons.org)
> >>
> >> Then you just have to rename ./custom.py.mkg
> >> to custom.py and then run
> >>
> >> scons
> >>
> >> Csound will then build in the current directory.
> >> To install, run ./install.py, with admin permissions.
> >>
> >> The Csound command will be installed in /usr/bin.
> >>
> >> Victor
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I'm not very familiar with compiling from source in
> >>> general, and I'm having a hard time finding documentation
> >>> on how to build csound in linux or ubuntu. Is there a
> >>> step-by-step list somewhere that can (at least somewhat)
> >>> painlessly illustrate how to do this for Ubuntu? I've been
> >>> attempting this for a while but have yet to get it
> >>> working.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Jeremy Flores
> >>>
> >>> flores1@mit.edu
> >>>
> >>>
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