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
$ ./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)

• PyQt4/5 (python3 version)

Optional for extra engine features:

• libmagic (for auto-detection of binary types, needed for plugin-bridges)
• liblo (for OSC support)

Optional for extra Linux-only engine features:

• ALSA
• PulseAudio
• X11 (internal/LV2/VST2 X11 UI support)

Optional for extended LV2 UIs support: (Linux only)

• Gtk2
• Gtk3
• Qt4
• Qt5

Optional for extra samplers support:

• FluidSynth (SF2)
• LinuxSampler (GIG and SFZ)

Optional for extra native plugins:

• fftw3
• mxml
• zlib
• NTK
• OpenGL
• ProjectM

Optional but recommended:

• python3-rdflib (for LADSPA-RDF support)

You can use:

$ make features

To find out which dependencies are missing.