On 12/10/13 12:22 -0400, jlucas wrote:
> On 12/10/13 14:00 +0100, john ffitch wrote:
> > If you do not use Linux ignore this message!
> > 
> > In a discussion yesterday I wondered if we are supporting Linux
> > systems adequately.   Our general view has been to release sources and
> > assume Linux users have the build-tools and expertise to install.  I
> > would like to know if this is correct.  I know I build it regularly
> > but people frequently tell me I am non-normal for using the command
> > line without Gnome or KDE....
> > 
> > We have often created SuSE .rpm files and Debian create .deb files
> > suitable for them and Ubuntu.  I wonder what happens to Fedora and all
> > the other distros.
> > 
> > So, possibly off-list, could you tell me which distro you use, do you
> > self-compile or use a package (and which one).
> > 
> > It may be that this is not an issue, but I would like to know.
> 
> I build from source and install to a network location, unpackaged.  I 
> don't use any of the GUI frontends either, so maybe this workflow will 
> be of interest to others who are similarly (dis)inclined.
> 
> 	git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/csound/csound6-git csound6-git
> 	cd csound6-git
> 	mkdir build
> 	cd build
> 	(Use the output of `git describe --tags` to get a version string)
> 	cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/nfs/sw/csounds.com/csound-6.0.1-179-gf26d37a ..
> 	make
> 	make install
> 
> I use the Modules system (http://modules.sourceforge.net/) to bring the
> desired version in to the environment.
> 
> 	module load csound/6.0.1-179-gf26d37a
> 
> The Modules setup looks like...
> 
> 	ash$ ls -la /nfs/modules/csound/
> 	total 10
> 	drwxr-xr-x  2 jlucas root   11 Sep 29 02:56 .
> 	drwxrwxr-x 36 root   staff  36 Aug 29 00:25 ..
> 	lrwxrwxrwx  1 jlucas root    8 Jun 18 02:41 5.14.2-265-g48b7a27 -> .csound5
> 	lrwxrwxrwx  1 jlucas root    8 Jun 18 02:41 5.18.03-181-g17a05cd -> .csound5
> 	lrwxrwxrwx  1 jlucas root    8 Jun 18 02:41 5.18.03-212-g66fd830 -> .csound5
> 	lrwxrwxrwx  1 jlucas root    8 Jun 18 02:41 5.18.03-212-g66fd830-midiclock-dev -> .csound5
> 	lrwxrwxrwx  1 jlucas root    8 Sep  4 20:34 6.0.1-128-g423d52a -> .csound6
> 	lrwxrwxrwx  1 jlucas root    8 Sep 29 02:52 6.0.1-179-gf26d37a -> .csound6
> 	lrwxrwxrwx  1 jlucas root    8 Sep  4 20:34 6.0.1-2-ge93e876-envvarpath-dev -> .csound6
> 	-rw-r--r--  1 jlucas root  602 Jun 18 02:26 .csound5
> 	-rw-r--r--  1 jlucas root  453 Sep  4 01:45 .csound6
> 	[last: 0s] [12:07:31] [/nfs/modules]
> 	ash$ 
> 
> The Csound 6 modulefile...
> 
> 	ash$ cat /nfs/modules/csound/.csound6
> 	#%Module
> 
> 	module-whatis "Csound audio synthesis tool"
> 
> 	conflict csound
> 
> 	set version [file tail $ModulesCurrentModulefile]
> 	set appdir /nfs/sw/csounds.com/csound-$version
> 	set bindir $appdir/bin
> 	set libdir $appdir/lib
> 
> 	setenv OPCODE6DIR64 $appdir/lib/csound/plugins64-6.0
> 	setenv OPCODE6DIR $appdir/lib/csound/plugins64-6.0
> 
> 	setenv CSOUNDVER $version
> 	setenv CSSTRNGS $appdir/share/locale
> 
> 	prepend-path PATH $bindir
> 	prepend-path LD_LIBRARY_PATH $libdir
> 
> Further, I load a "project" modulefile to define paths for each project, e.g.
> 
> 	ash$ module show project/default
> 	-------------------------------------------------------------------
> 	/nfs/modules/project/default:
> 
> 	module-whatis    General project settings. 
> 	setenv           SAMPLERATE 44100 
> 	setenv           KRATE 44100 
> 	setenv           BITDEPTH 16 
> 	setenv           TMPDIR /nfs/work/taiga/tmp 
> 	setenv           QTRACTORVER 0.5.7.6-r3140 
> 	setenv           CSOUNDVER 5.18.03-212-g66fd830 
> 	setenv           CSOUNDRC /nfs/work/taiga/.csoundrc 
> 	setenv           SFOUTYP WAV 
> 	setenv           SSDIR /nfs/work/taiga/asset/pcm 
> 	setenv           MFDIR /nfs/work/taiga/asset/mid 
> 	setenv           SFDIR /nfs/work/taiga/render 
> 	setenv           SADIR /nfs/work/taiga/asset/pvo 
> 	setenv           INCDIR /nfs/work/taiga/include 
> 	module           load qtractor/0.5.7.6-r3140 
> 	module           load csound/5.18.03-212-g66fd830 
> 	module           load aliases 
> 	prepend-path     PATH /nfs/work/taiga/bin 
> 	-------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> You can see I use environment varibles quite extensively, which is why 
> I was so interested in seeing the environment variables correctly 
> support the Unix standard colon (:) delimiter.  Now that it does, 
> INCDIR will probably look more like...
> 
> 	setenv INCDIR /nfs/work/taiga/include/orc:/nfs/work/taiga/include/sco
> 
> I highly recommend the Modules system as a way to manage different 
> versions of software on Unix.

Sorry, forgot to include system info.

ash$ uname -a
Linux ash 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.46-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux

ash$ cat /etc/debian_version 
7.1

ash$ lsusb
...
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0582:00e6 Roland Corp. EDIROL UA-25EX (Advanced 
mode)