As a followup: https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/blob/master/INSTALL.txt#L165 <https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/blob/master/INSTALL.txt#L165>
All other steps are very common for the autotools/make paradigm which is explained, more or less, step by step for beginners in the INSTALL.txt. However, I do recognize the fact that most people don't "read the manual" and just ./configure && make. This is great and I'm glad the whole autotools work is making things easier and more people are building Pd themselves. I can see the need for at least some sort of prompt to better suggest what the problem would be. Following Antoine's suggestion, we'll add warning print via https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/508 <https://github.com/pure-data/pure-data/pull/508>: checking for jack_set_xrun_callback in -ljack... no checking for jack_set_error_function in -ljack... no configure: WARNING: JACK development files not found... skipping (See INSTALL.txt) There is a similar pain point when missing the ALSA dev libraries, so we might want to rework the configure script to fail with an error message on Linux unless --disable-alsa is used. Maybe something like: checking for snd_pcm_info in -lasound... no configure: ERROR: ALSA development files not found... stopping (See INSTALL.txt) > On Oct 5, 2018, at 3:50 AM, pd-list-requ...@lists.iem.at wrote: > > From: Max <abonneme...@revolwear.com <mailto:abonneme...@revolwear.com>> > To: pd-list@lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at> > Subject: Re: [PD] trouble enabling Jack on Ubuntu compile > Message-ID: <1e8afe88-b1fd-5121-a48c-98163745d...@revolwear.com > <mailto:1e8afe88-b1fd-5121-a48c-98163745d...@revolwear.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > On 04.10.2018 21:59, IOhannes m zmölnig wrote: >> On 10/4/18 6:19 PM, Max wrote: >>> This is a reoccurring issue/confusion, maybe there is a way that the >>> configure gives a better hint at what's missing? Or abort if >>> libjack-jack2-dev ist not present when --enable-jack is set (with a >>> proper error message)? >> >> or put it into the documentation, like INSTALL.txt? >> oh no, wait, it's already there. > > Ouch! -------- Dan Wilcox @danomatika <http://twitter.com/danomatika> danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/> robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>
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