Re: [linux-audio-user] installing qsynth - slight problem..

On Thu, 2005-09-22 at 22:27 -0400, sergio wrote:
> i am trying to install qsynth, but am having some problems getting it
> running..
>
> i got fluidsynth compiled, and it seems to run okay.....
>
> it is at:
> /usr/local/bin/fluidsynth
>
> the libraries are at:
> /usr/local/lib
>
> qsynth is found at:
> /usr/local/bin

First of all, are you really sure you want to install them in /usr/local
instead of /usr ?

Installing them in /usr/local makes it possible to be totally confused:
if the distro installs fluidsynth (or any other program for that
matter), it will install it under /usr/. If you already have that
program (or install on top of the distro package) in /usr/local you will
be royally confused in which program is being ran.

> when i try to run qsynth, i am getting:
>
> [sergio@email-addr-hidden ~]$ qsynth
> qsynth: error while loading shared libraries: libfluidsynth.so.1: cannot
> open shared object file: No such file or directory

/etc/ld.so.conf should include /usr/local/lib. If it doesn't add it
there and run ldconfig (both operations need to be done as root).

But is stress, at least i wouldn't go this route. It's much simpler to
keep only one installation of each software.

-- 
Sampo Savolainen <v2@email-addr-hidden>