Carla/INSTALL.md

--- INSTALL for Carla ---

To install Carla, simply run as usual:
$ make
$ [sudo] make install

You can run it without installing, by using instead:
$ make
$ python3 source/carla

Packagers can make use of the ‘PREFIX’ and ‘DESTDIR’ variable during install, like this:
$ make install PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=./test-dir

===== BUILD DEPENDENCIES =====

The required build dependencies are: (devel packages of these)

• liblo
• Qt5
• PyQt5 (python3 version)

Optional for extended LV2 UIs support:

• Gtk2
• Gtk3
• Qt4

Optional for extra samplers support:

• FluidSynth
• LinuxSampler

Optional for extra native plugins:

• OpenGL
• NTK
• libsmf
• libsndfile
• ffmpeg/libav
• fftw3
• mxml
• zlib

To run Carla-Control, you'll additionally need:

• python3-liblo

Optional but recommended:

• python3-rdflib (for LADSPA-RDF support)

You can use:
$ make features
To find out which dependencies are missing.