Hi,
Due to a project I am engaged in I have to use csound on linux. I have 
installed a couple of distros before, but it's been a while since last 
time. I remember that it was usually easy to use apt-get or rpm to 
install csound, but that the versions weren't always up to date.
I just wondered what distro would be the easiest in terms of installing 
and maintaining recent versions of csound? And are any repositories 
keeping up to date csound versions?
If building is the best option (I have never built csound before), is 
that a lot of work to get into on linux?
Best, Andreas

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I would say Debian and Debian-derived (like Ubuntu) would probably the easiest.

Victor
On 13 Sep 2013, at 10:19, Andreas Bergsland wrote:

> Hi,
> Due to a project I am engaged in I have to use csound on linux. I have installed a couple of distros before, but it's been a while since last time. I remember that it was usually easy to use apt-get or rpm to install csound, but that the versions weren't always up to date.
> I just wondered what distro would be the easiest in terms of installing and maintaining recent versions of csound? And are any repositories keeping up to date csound versions?
> If building is the best option (I have never built csound before), is that a lot of work to get into on linux?
> Best, Andreas
> 
> -- 
> Andreas Bergsland,
> postdoktor
> 
> Musikkteknologiseksjonen
> Institutt for musikk
> Olavskvartalet
> NTNU
> 7491 Trondheim
> 
> Besøksadresse: Fjordgt.1 (3.etg.)
> e-post: andreas.bergsland@ntnu.no
> Web: http://folk.ntnu.no/andbe
> Tlf: 7359 0096
> Mob: 4566 3316
> 
> 
> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
> csound6:
>           https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
> csound5:
>           https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe csound"
> 
> 
> 

Dr Victor Lazzarini
Senior Lecturer
Dept. of Music
NUI Maynooth Ireland
tel.: +353 1 708 3545
Victor dot Lazzarini AT nuim dot ie

Thanks, I'll check it out.
Are there any special versions of these for good real-time performance?
Andreas
> I would say Debian and Debian-derived (like Ubuntu) would probably the easiest.
>
> Victor
> On 13 Sep 2013, at 10:19, Andreas Bergsland wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Due to a project I am engaged in I have to use csound on linux. I have installed a couple of distros before, but it's been a while since last time. I remember that it was usually easy to use apt-get or rpm to install csound, but that the versions weren't always up to date.
>> I just wondered what distro would be the easiest in terms of installing and maintaining recent versions of csound? And are any repositories keeping up to date csound versions?
>> If building is the best option (I have never built csound before), is that a lot of work to get into on linux?
>> Best, Andreas
>>
>> -- 
>> Andreas Bergsland,
>> postdoktor
>>
>> Musikkteknologiseksjonen
>> Institutt for musikk
>> Olavskvartalet
>> NTNU
>> 7491 Trondheim
>>
>> Besøksadresse: Fjordgt.1 (3.etg.)
>> e-post: andreas.bergsland@ntnu.no
>> Web: http://folk.ntnu.no/andbe
>> Tlf: 7359 0096
>> Mob: 4566 3316
>>
>>
>> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
>> csound6:
>>            https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
>> csound5:
>>            https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
>> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
>> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe csound"
>>
>>
>> 
> Dr Victor Lazzarini
> Senior Lecturer
> Dept. of Music
> NUI Maynooth Ireland
> tel.: +353 1 708 3545
> Victor dot Lazzarini AT nuim dot ie
>
>
>
>
>
> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
> csound6:
>              https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
> csound5:
>              https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe csound"
>
>


-- 
Andreas Bergsland,
postdoktor

Musikkteknologiseksjonen
Institutt for musikk
Olavskvartalet
NTNU
7491 Trondheim

Besøksadresse: Fjordgt.1 (3.etg.)
e-post: andreas.bergsland@ntnu.no
Web: http://folk.ntnu.no/andbe
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Mob: 4566 3316

I tend to look at this location for ready built versions.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/csound/files/?source=navbar

all the best,

Jacques

On 13 Sep 2013, at 10:29, Victor Lazzarini  wrote:

> I would say Debian and Debian-derived (like Ubuntu) would probably the easiest.
> 
> Victor
> On 13 Sep 2013, at 10:19, Andreas Bergsland wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> Due to a project I am engaged in I have to use csound on linux. I have installed a couple of distros before, but it's been a while since last time. I remember that it was usually easy to use apt-get or rpm to install csound, but that the versions weren't always up to date.
>> I just wondered what distro would be the easiest in terms of installing and maintaining recent versions of csound? And are any repositories keeping up to date csound versions?
>> If building is the best option (I have never built csound before), is that a lot of work to get into on linux?
>> Best, Andreas
>> 

> 

I can highly recommend http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/ You can
install it on top of any debian-based distro, so you don't need to
install the complete distro. It also comes with LV2 versions of a load
of Cabbage plugins. I still build Csound myself even with this
dedicated audio distro. It really is a piece of cake to build Csound
for Linux.

On 13 September 2013 10:19, Andreas Bergsland  wrote:
> Hi,
> Due to a project I am engaged in I have to use csound on linux. I have
> installed a couple of distros before, but it's been a while since last time.
> I remember that it was usually easy to use apt-get or rpm to install csound,
> but that the versions weren't always up to date.
> I just wondered what distro would be the easiest in terms of installing and
> maintaining recent versions of csound? And are any repositories keeping up
> to date csound versions?
> If building is the best option (I have never built csound before), is that a
> lot of work to get into on linux?
> Best, Andreas
>
> --
> Andreas Bergsland,
> postdoktor
>
> Musikkteknologiseksjonen
> Institutt for musikk
> Olavskvartalet
> NTNU
> 7491 Trondheim
>
> Besøksadresse: Fjordgt.1 (3.etg.)
> e-post: andreas.bergsland@ntnu.no
> Web: http://folk.ntnu.no/andbe
> Tlf: 7359 0096
> Mob: 4566 3316
>
>
> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
> csound6:
>            https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
> csound5:
>            https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe
> csound"
>
>

Lots of nice things here. Can you install it on top of Ubuntu also?
And if building is easy I am definitely tempted to try it. I just need 
to get a larger drive for my laptop first.
> I can highly recommend http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/ You can
> install it on top of any debian-based distro, so you don't need to
> install the complete distro. It also comes with LV2 versions of a load
> of Cabbage plugins. I still build Csound myself even with this
> dedicated audio distro. It really is a piece of cake to build Csound
> for Linux.
>
> On 13 September 2013 10:19, Andreas Bergsland  wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Due to a project I am engaged in I have to use csound on linux. I have
>> installed a couple of distros before, but it's been a while since last time.
>> I remember that it was usually easy to use apt-get or rpm to install csound,
>> but that the versions weren't always up to date.
>> I just wondered what distro would be the easiest in terms of installing and
>> maintaining recent versions of csound? And are any repositories keeping up
>> to date csound versions?
>> If building is the best option (I have never built csound before), is that a
>> lot of work to get into on linux?
>> Best, Andreas
>>
>> --
>> Andreas Bergsland,
>> postdoktor
>>
>> Musikkteknologiseksjonen
>> Institutt for musikk
>> Olavskvartalet
>> NTNU
>> 7491 Trondheim
>>
>> Besøksadresse: Fjordgt.1 (3.etg.)
>> e-post: andreas.bergsland@ntnu.no
>> Web: http://folk.ntnu.no/andbe
>> Tlf: 7359 0096
>> Mob: 4566 3316
>>
>>
>> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
>> csound6:
>>             https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
>> csound5:
>>             https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
>> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
>> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe
>> csound"
>>
>>
>
> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
> csound6:
>              https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
> csound5:
>              https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe csound"
>
>


-- 
Andreas Bergsland,
postdoktor

Musikkteknologiseksjonen
Institutt for musikk
Olavskvartalet
NTNU
7491 Trondheim

Besøksadresse: Fjordgt.1 (3.etg.)
e-post: andreas.bergsland@ntnu.no
Web: http://folk.ntnu.no/andbe
Tlf: 7359 0096
Mob: 4566 3316

You can install it on top of Ubuntu, There's a short description on
how to do it here:
http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/Documentation:Ubuntu:Upgrade
You'll only need to follow steps 1 and 2, it will give you the repos
which is more than enough for most uses. One of things I like most
about this distro is that it sets up Jack and provides a nice
interface to it called Cadence
(http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/KXStudio:Applications:Cadence). I
find it far more user friendly than other jack front-ends. It also
provides some really nice patching interfaces for Jack apps too.
Finally, if you wish to ask any questions, or get any assistance in
setting up it has a dedicated page on the LinuxMusicians forums:
http://linuxmusicians.com/viewforum.php?f=47
Best of luck!

On 13 September 2013 11:21, Michael Gogins  wrote:
> I use Ubuntu and build Csound easily on it. There are several tweaks to the
> operating system that you need to make for real-time performance. They are
> not difficult and you can find out what they are by googling.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
>
>
> ===========================
> Michael Gogins
> Irreducible Productions
> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 6:14 AM, Andreas Bergsland
>  wrote:
>>
>> Lots of nice things here. Can you install it on top of Ubuntu also?
>> And if building is easy I am definitely tempted to try it. I just need to
>> get a larger drive for my laptop first.
>>
>>> I can highly recommend http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/ You can
>>> install it on top of any debian-based distro, so you don't need to
>>> install the complete distro. It also comes with LV2 versions of a load
>>> of Cabbage plugins. I still build Csound myself even with this
>>> dedicated audio distro. It really is a piece of cake to build Csound
>>> for Linux.
>>>
>>> On 13 September 2013 10:19, Andreas Bergsland
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Due to a project I am engaged in I have to use csound on linux. I have
>>>> installed a couple of distros before, but it's been a while since last
>>>> time.
>>>> I remember that it was usually easy to use apt-get or rpm to install
>>>> csound,
>>>> but that the versions weren't always up to date.
>>>> I just wondered what distro would be the easiest in terms of installing
>>>> and
>>>> maintaining recent versions of csound? And are any repositories keeping
>>>> up
>>>> to date csound versions?
>>>> If building is the best option (I have never built csound before), is
>>>> that a
>>>> lot of work to get into on linux?
>>>> Best, Andreas
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Andreas Bergsland,
>>>> postdoktor
>>>>
>>>> Musikkteknologiseksjonen
>>>> Institutt for musikk
>>>> Olavskvartalet
>>>> NTNU
>>>> 7491 Trondheim
>>>>
>>>> Besøksadresse: Fjordgt.1 (3.etg.)
>>>> e-post: andreas.bergsland@ntnu.no
>>>> Web: http://folk.ntnu.no/andbe
>>>> Tlf: 7359 0096
>>>> Mob: 4566 3316
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
>>>> csound6:
>>>>             https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
>>>> csound5:
>>>>             https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
>>>> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
>>>> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe
>>>> csound"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
>>> csound6:
>>>              https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
>>> csound5:
>>>              https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
>>> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
>>> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe
>>> csound"
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Andreas Bergsland,
>> postdoktor
>>
>> Musikkteknologiseksjonen
>> Institutt for musikk
>> Olavskvartalet
>> NTNU
>> 7491 Trondheim
>>
>> Besøksadresse: Fjordgt.1 (3.etg.)
>> e-post: andreas.bergsland@ntnu.no
>> Web: http://folk.ntnu.no/andbe
>> Tlf: 7359 0096
>> Mob: 4566 3316
>>
>>
>> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
>> csound6:
>>            https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
>> csound5:
>>            https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
>> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
>> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe
>> csound"
>>
>>
>

Thanks for all good tips. I am looking forward to trying it out.
Andreas
> You can install it on top of Ubuntu, There's a short description on
> how to do it here:
> http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/Documentation:Ubuntu:Upgrade
> You'll only need to follow steps 1 and 2, it will give you the repos
> which is more than enough for most uses. One of things I like most
> about this distro is that it sets up Jack and provides a nice
> interface to it called Cadence
> (http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/KXStudio:Applications:Cadence). I
> find it far more user friendly than other jack front-ends. It also
> provides some really nice patching interfaces for Jack apps too.
> Finally, if you wish to ask any questions, or get any assistance in
> setting up it has a dedicated page on the LinuxMusicians forums:
> http://linuxmusicians.com/viewforum.php?f=47
> Best of luck!
>
> On 13 September 2013 11:21, Michael Gogins  wrote:
>> I use Ubuntu and build Csound easily on it. There are several tweaks to the
>> operating system that you need to make for real-time performance. They are
>> not difficult and you can find out what they are by googling.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> ===========================
>> Michael Gogins
>> Irreducible Productions
>> http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
>> Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 6:14 AM, Andreas Bergsland
>>   wrote:
>>> Lots of nice things here. Can you install it on top of Ubuntu also?
>>> And if building is easy I am definitely tempted to try it. I just need to
>>> get a larger drive for my laptop first.
>>>
>>>> I can highly recommend http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/ You can
>>>> install it on top of any debian-based distro, so you don't need to
>>>> install the complete distro. It also comes with LV2 versions of a load
>>>> of Cabbage plugins. I still build Csound myself even with this
>>>> dedicated audio distro. It really is a piece of cake to build Csound
>>>> for Linux.
>>>>
>>>> On 13 September 2013 10:19, Andreas Bergsland
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> Due to a project I am engaged in I have to use csound on linux. I have
>>>>> installed a couple of distros before, but it's been a while since last
>>>>> time.
>>>>> I remember that it was usually easy to use apt-get or rpm to install
>>>>> csound,
>>>>> but that the versions weren't always up to date.
>>>>> I just wondered what distro would be the easiest in terms of installing
>>>>> and
>>>>> maintaining recent versions of csound? And are any repositories keeping
>>>>> up
>>>>> to date csound versions?
>>>>> If building is the best option (I have never built csound before), is
>>>>> that a
>>>>> lot of work to get into on linux?
>>>>> Best, Andreas
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Andreas Bergsland,
>>>>> postdoktor
>>>>>
>>>>> Musikkteknologiseksjonen
>>>>> Institutt for musikk
>>>>> Olavskvartalet
>>>>> NTNU
>>>>> 7491 Trondheim
>>>>>
>>>>> Besøksadresse: Fjordgt.1 (3.etg.)
>>>>> e-post: andreas.bergsland@ntnu.no
>>>>> Web: http://folk.ntnu.no/andbe
>>>>> Tlf: 7359 0096
>>>>> Mob: 4566 3316
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
>>>>> csound6:
>>>>>              https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
>>>>> csound5:
>>>>>              https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
>>>>> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
>>>>> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe
>>>>> csound"
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
>>>> csound6:
>>>>               https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
>>>> csound5:
>>>>               https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
>>>> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
>>>> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe
>>>> csound"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Andreas Bergsland,
>>> postdoktor
>>>
>>> Musikkteknologiseksjonen
>>> Institutt for musikk
>>> Olavskvartalet
>>> NTNU
>>> 7491 Trondheim
>>>
>>> Besøksadresse: Fjordgt.1 (3.etg.)
>>> e-post: andreas.bergsland@ntnu.no
>>> Web: http://folk.ntnu.no/andbe
>>> Tlf: 7359 0096
>>> Mob: 4566 3316
>>>
>>>
>>> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
>>> csound6:
>>>             https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
>>> csound5:
>>>             https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
>>> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
>>> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe
>>> csound"
>>>
>>>
>
> Send bugs reports to the Sourceforge bug trackers
> csound6:
>              https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/tickets/
> csound5:
>              https://sourceforge.net/p/csound/bugs/
> Discussions of bugs and features can be posted here
> To unsubscribe, send email sympa@lists.bath.ac.uk with body "unsubscribe csound"
>
>


-- 
Andreas Bergsland,
postdoktor

Musikkteknologiseksjonen
Institutt for musikk
Olavskvartalet
NTNU
7491 Trondheim

Besøksadresse: Fjordgt.1 (3.etg.)
e-post: andreas.bergsland@ntnu.no
Web: http://folk.ntnu.no/andbe
Tlf: 7359 0096
Mob: 4566 3316