How to update a Ubuntu Jamulus Server to the latest version of Jamulus

[Andy Bolger]

Hi, I'm completely new to the world of Ubuntu and Command line. I have follwed the great server set up guide you guys wrote and have a server Version 3.4.7 (TheWinchester) up and running. I was wondering if you could give me some advice on how to update Jamulus to the latest distrobution?

Many Thanks in advance

AndyB

[David Zelinsky]

You'll need to use the git repository. Best to read up on git (maybe google "git tutorial"). But here are the basics.

First clone the repository with this command (install the "git" package if you don't already have it):

git clone https://github.com/corrados/jamulus.git

That will make a directory called "jamulus.git". You can rename it, or put a different directory name at the end of the above command line to get a differently named directory, like this:

git clone https://github.com/corrados/jamulus.git my_jamulus_directory

If you cd into that directory, you will now see the current version of Jamulus. You can go ahead and build it as (I assume) you did with 3.4.7.

To get new updates, do this:

git pull

That will update all the source files in your jamulus.git directory, and you can then build the newer version.

If you want one of the released versions, rather than the newest development code, you can see a list by typing this:

git tag

That will show you a big list of the tagged version numbers, like "r_3_4_7" for 3.4.7. If you want to build 3.5.1, say, then do this:

git checkout r_3_5_1

That will replace all your source files with the ones from that release. If you want to go back to the latest development version, do this:

git checkout master

I hope that helps!