4 **jack_mixer** uses the [meson] build system for building, installation and
12 * GCC (version >= 9.x recommended)
19 * [Cython] (optional, required if building from a Git checkout)
20 * [docutils] (optional, `rst2man` required if building from a Git checkout)
27 * JACK library and server
29 Optional run-time dependencies:
31 * [appdirs] (for saving your preferences, strongly recommended)
32 * [NSM] (for NSM session management support)
34 The run-time Python dependencies are checked by meson when setting up the
35 build directory. To disable this, use the `-Dcheck-py-modules=false` option to
41 Building with meson always happens in a special build directory. Set up the
42 build in the `builddir` sub-directory and configure the build with:
45 meson setup builddir --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release
48 Then build the software with:
51 meson compile -C builddir
54 **Note:** *For building **jack_mixer** from source on **debian / Ubuntu**
55 derrived Linux distributions, please refer to this [wiki page]. If possible,
56 use your distribution's package manager to install **jack_mixer**.*
62 [sudo] meson install -C builddir
65 **Note for packagers**: to install all files under a destination directory
66 other than the filesystem root, set the `DESTDIR` environment variable for
72 DESTDIR="/tmp/jack_mixer-install-root" meson install -C builddir
78 There are several project-specific [options] to configure the build and the
79 resulting installation. To see all supported options (including [standard
80 meson options]) and their possible values run:
86 If you have already set up the build directory, you can append its name
87 to see the current values of all options for this build configuration.
89 To change an option, pass the build directory and `-Doption=value` to
90 `meson setup` or `meson configure`. For example:
93 meson configure builddir -Dgui=disabled
97 ## Building a Python wheel (only for special needs)
99 **Note:** Due to limitations of Python's build ecosystem, the wheel packages
100 built with the instructions given here, will *not* contain any files used
101 for system desktop integration, e.g. icons and `.desktop' files, nor man pages
102 or translation files. Using this method to install jack_mixer is thus not
103 recommended and mainly provided for testing prurposes.
105 1. Make sure you have Python 3, `git`, [pip] and the Python [build] package
106 installed and your internet connection is online.
107 2. Run the following command to build a binary wheel:
113 This will automatically download the required build tools, e.g. Cython, meson,
114 ninja, the Python `wheel` package etc. (see the [pyproject.toml] file for
115 details), build the software with meson and then package it into a wheel, which
116 will be placed in the `dist` directory below the project's root directory.
118 The wheel can be installed with `python -m pip install dist/jack_mixer-*.whl`.
121 [docutils]: https://pypi.org/project/docutils/
122 [build]: https://pypi.org/project/build
123 [Cython]: https://cython.org/
124 [JACK]: https://jackaudio.org/
125 [meson]: https://mesonbuild.com/
126 [ninja]: https://ninja-build.org/
127 [NSM]: https://new-session-manager.jackaudio.org/
128 [options]: https://mesonbuild.com/Build-options.html
129 [pip]: https://pypi.org/project/pip
130 [pycairo]: https://pypi.org/project/pycairo/
131 [PyGObject]: https://pypi.org/project/PyGObject/
132 [appdirs]: https://pypi.org/project/appdirs/
133 [PEP-517]: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0517/
134 [pyproject.toml]: ./pyproject.toml
135 [standard meson options]: https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html
136 [wiki page]: https://github.com/jack-mixer/jack_mixer/wiki/Installing-on-debian---Ubuntu