How do I install qjackctl in order to remove jack server errors?

[Alex S.]

My goal is to run Jasper on my Raspberry Pi 3 on boot. When I start up Jasper by typing: python /home/pi/jasper/jasper.py into the console, I get the following messages:

Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory

Cannot connect to server request channel

jack server is not running or cannot be started

I know that these messages disappear after typing 'jack_control start' but I want this to be done upon start up. 

I tried to install qjackctl GUI on my Raspberry Pi but am unable cannot compile it because of the terrible instructions provided on the sourceforge.io website. I am thrown off at the instructions: 

./configure [--prefix=prefix]

make

I am able to follow the instructions to create a shell script "start_jack.sh" that should fix my issue, but it is dependent on qjackctl which I cannot install.