Studioware on 14.2 full install HOWTO

[R Johns]

The following is a very quick, down and dirty howto on successfully building Studioware on Slackware 14.2. The reader should be aware of a few things first. Follow the quick start from the Studioware homepage, quickstart link. You should also know how to use slackbuilds.org or have sbopkg installed and know how to use it.

First caveat: jack2 used in Studioware needs python3 in order to build. Slackware ships with python2. So once the quick start step 1 is completed for Studioware, install python3 from slackbuilds.org.

Second caveat: The iccprofiles pkg from Studioware will fail checksum and full installation will end if using sepkg. Install the icc_profiles_from_eic package from SBo. Then run sepkg -q full again. DESELECT EVERYTHING DOWN TO AND INCLUDING iccprofiles. Then select OK to continue the build.

Third caveat: dcraw will also fail checksum using sepkg. Install dcraw from SBo and then once again start sepkg -q full, deselect pkgs down to and including dcraw, then select OK to continue the build.

Studioware will now finish building and installing.

NOTE: python3, iccprofiles, and dcraw have no dependencies. These can be installed from SBo first during quick start step one. Then you can issue sepkg -q full and DESELECT iccprofiles and dcraw from the list, select OK, and Studioware will build without issue.

[Dave Woodfall]

On 2020-05-16 11:54,
R Johns <ronald....@gmail.com> put forth the proposition:

Hi, and thanks for this.

I did fix the jack problem with python3 in the last update on April
30th. Someone pointed this out and I found that it isn't jack2 that
needs python3; it's the waf script.

I'll have a look at the dcraw and iccprofiles problems. It seems it
doesn't find the .zip.zip.


sepkg is very basic really, even considering the LoC, and needs some
time spent on it.

--
Dave

[R Johns]

 

Dave,

Thanks so much for keeping Studioware alive and "cooking." I had tried before on 13.37 to build a DAW on Slackware, and found it very frustrating to say the least. Your setup is fantastic.

One thing I have not had time to check out is if Studioware contains the OBS studio package. Not a big deal, although it might be worth a shot to add it if it is not already included. I am a musician, but I also stream live from time to time. I also do some heavy lifting on video editing and have not checked out all the video stuff yet. I just know the issues I had when doing a full build, and thought I would share with the community how I got around them. There are several ways to do that, I just took the route that I knew would get me up and running as quickly as possible.

I look forward to getting my music and live streams up and going on my "new-old" Studioware DAW.

- Ron

[Dave Woodfall]

On 2020-05-16 22:30,

R Johns <ronald....@gmail.com> put forth the proposition:

> One thing I have not had time to check out is if Studioware contains the
> OBS studio package. Not a big deal, although it might be worth a shot to
> add it if it is not already included. I am a musician, but I also stream
> live from time to time. I also do some heavy lifting on video editing and
> have not checked out all the video stuff yet. I just know the issues I had
> when doing a full build, and thought I would share with the community how I
> got around them. There are several ways to do that, I just took the route
> that I knew would get me up and running as quickly as possible.
>
> I look forward to getting my music and live streams up and going on my
> "new-old" Studioware DAW.
>
> - Ron

I hadn't heard of OBS until now. I'll take a look and see if it can
be added.

--
Dave