Hey guys, in this video we’re going to talk about how you can install Ardour on Linux.
This is an open source program that you can download for free, but if you want the installer
you have to pay for it.
Instead, we’ll go over how you can download all the dependencies, compile, and install
the program absolutely free.
To start off, we’ll want to download all the dependencies.
These are required for the program to compile and install.
The first step is to open the terminal.
You can do this by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T all at the same time.
You can install all the dependencies by typing each line below in the video description into
the terminal and pressing enter, or you can run a script that we’ve posted in a link
below.
Keep in mind that while the script is faster, you will need to change the file permissions
and it’s a little more advanced.
For this video, we’ve used the script to make it quicker, but if you just individually
run all these commands it will work exactly the same.
You’ll see at this point we have the option of selecting realtime mode for Jack, which
is one of our dependencies.
We’ll leave this off for now and come back to it later on.
To get the installation to continue, use the arrow keys to make sure no is highlighted
and press the enter key to continue.
The next step is to install Git.
This is a program we use to download all the source code to a folder that we’ll compile
it in.
To do this, type in sudo apt-get install git.
Now that git is installed, we’ll want to download all the source code for the program.
First we’ll create a new directory to keep this in and we’ll call it ardour.
To do this, type in mkdir ardour into the terminal and press enter.
We now want to change directories so we’re in that folder.
Type in cd ardour to switch to that folder.
Now we’re in our folder and we can download the source code.
In the terminal, type in git followed by this url, which is in the video description.
git://git.ardour.org/ardour/ardour.git The program will now begin to download to the
selected folder.
The source code for the program is now downloaded to our folder.
This has created another ardour subfolder within it which we need to switch to.
Once again, type in cd ardour to switch to this folder.
Now that we have all the dependencies installed and the source code downloaded to our computer,
we can begin the process of compiling the program.
The first step to this is configuration.
This will check that all the dependencies are met and that the system is capable of
compiling the program.
We launch the configuration by typing ./waf configure in the terminal.
Keep in mind you still need to be in the folder that the code is in.
Looks like our configuration is complete and the program is ready to compile.
This process can take quite some time to complete.
When we ran it on our system it took about 20 minutes, but your results may be different
depending on how fast your computer is.
We’ve sped up the video of this process.
To start of by compiling type in ./waf Our program has now finished compiling, but
it isn’t installed.
This next step isn’t completely necessary, but it makes it easier to launch the program.
To install, type sudo ./waf install into the terminal.
If you forget to type sudo and don’t run it as root, there will be issues with permissions
and the program will not install.
Now Ardour has been completely installed on our computer.
There’s one more step to take care of before we start the program.
We need to run jack and turn off realtime mode.
Though we selected to have this off earlier, it doesn’t always work properly in the installation
process and we need to have it off, otherwise it won’t run and will cause issues with
Ardour.
Open this by typing qjackctl into the terminal.
From here, click on setup and turn off realtime mode.
Now we can press the start button.
You won’t need to turn off realtime mode everytime you run the program, but you will
need to run qjackctl from the terminal and start it.
Finally, we can launch the program.
Open a terminal, once again by pressing Cntl + Alt + T and type in ardour5.
We’ll run through the first time setup and then create a blank project to start the program.
Just follow the onscreen instructions all the way through and the program will start.
We’re going to turn off realtime monitoring since we’re using our interface.
Now we’ll create a new project called Test.
We’ll leave it in the default folder, but you can change this to whatever you wish on
your own system.
It looks like the program is completely installed and working properly.
At this point, you can use this program absolutely free for as long as you want.
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