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diff --git a/audio/jamulus/SERVER.txt b/audio/jamulus/SERVER.txt index ea4892397b..85167f295b 100644 --- a/audio/jamulus/SERVER.txt +++ b/audio/jamulus/SERVER.txt @@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ By default, the jamulus binary can function as: - Headless server (-s and -n options, neither X nor jackd required) Even though the headless mode doesn't require a running X server, -it still requires the qt4 and X11 shared libraries. There's no way to -compile jamulus without these. +it still requires the Qt5 shared libraries. There's no way to compile +jamulus without these. -If you launch jamulus from the desktop start menu, you'll get the client. -If you want to run a server, you'll have to either run it from the command -line, or create a different launcher/shortcut for jamulus as a server. +You can launch jamulus as either a client or a server with GUI from +the desktop start menu. If you want to run a headless server, you'll +have to either run it from the command line, or create a different +launcher/shortcut for jamulus as a headless server (with -n option). If you want to run a headless server that starts at boot time (like a regular daemon), currently the best way to do this is to call it @@ -18,19 +19,24 @@ from /etc/rc.d/rc.local. There's no "daemon" option, so you'll have to background it with &, and redirect stdout/stderr somewhere (see also the -l <logfile> option). -If you *really* want to build a dedicated jamulus server, you can do -so by setting SERVERONLY=yes in the SlackBuild's environment. In this -case, you can ignore the REQUIRES="jack-audio-connection-kit" line in -the .info file. +Dedicated server only build +---------------------------- -The resulting jamulus binary will work exactly as the regular jamulus, -except it doesn't make sound nor accept audio input from your instrument. -It'll only be useful as a server (with -s and possibly also -n). +If you *really* want to build a dedicated jamulus server, you can do so +by setting SERVERONLY=yes in the SlackBuild's environment. In this case, +you can ignore the REQUIRES="jack" line in the .info file. + +The resulting jamulus binary will work only as a dedicated server. +It wont't make sound nor accept audio input from your instrument, and +it won't require X11 shared libraries (though it still does require +Qt5 shared libs). It'll only be useful as a server, and it'll have to +be run from the command line, or a shell script (won't show up in your +desktop start menu). The *only* reason to ever do this is if you really *really* don't want -to install jack-audio-connection-kit for some reason. +to install jack for some reason. -For those who want to complain that I shouldn't have listed -jack-audio-connection-kit as required: It *is* required, for the *normal* -use case. Building without JACK support is a very specialized thing, -not useful to the general population of users. +For those who want to complain that I shouldn't have listed jack as +required: It *is* required, for the *normal* use case. Building without +JACK support is a very specialized thing, not useful to the general +population of users. |