On Thursday 02 August 2007 15:37, Dr. Richard Boulanger wrote:
> Jeremy,  (or other Linux users),
>
> Now that you have the Ubuntu install all worked out, it would be
> really helpful for others if you could write up a
> step by step set of instructions for others.
>
> Maybe this could be included in the manual - or on some WIKI that
> Linux Users could constantly revise.
>
> Seems that there are a number of packages and requirements that are
> unique for the different versions
> of Linux.  This might be a helpful way of keeping up with the
> changing Linux installs and their changing package
> requirements etc.
>
> Dr. B.

I used the following process to install Csound 5.06.0 on a newly setup version 
of Debian Etch. I think it should work on any Linux distro that uses the 
Debian repositories.

Use the Synaptic package manager to install the following:
dssi-dev
dssi-utils

fluidsynth
libfluidsynth-dev
libfluidsynth1

libasound2
libasound2-dev

libfltk1.1
libfltk1.1-dev

libjackasyn-dev
libjackasyn0

libportmidi-dev
libportmidi0

libsndfile1
libsndfile1-dev

stk
libstk0-dev
libstk0c2a

build-essential

scons

Then go to:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=81968&package_id=120482
and download the source zip:
Csound5.06.0.zip

Then, at the command line, cd to the directory where the zip was downloaded, 
and use the following commands:
unzip Csound5.06.0.zip
cd Csound5.06.0
cp custom.py.mkg custom.py
scons
sudo ./install.py

Finally, before running Csound, make sure that the following environment
variables are set:
OPCODEDIR=/usr/local/lib/csound/plugins
CSSTRNGS=/usr/local/share/csound/xmg
...I always run csound from the command line so I just put the following in my 
~/.bashrc:
export OPCODEDIR=/usr/local/lib/csound/plugins
export CSSTRNGS=/usr/local/share/csound/xmg