Re: [Nyquist-users] compiling nyquist and mailing list issues

[Raymond M. <la...@gm...>]

On October 3, 2010 10:13:59 am you wrote:
> I understand perfectly. My only point is that not everybody knows
> that, and it might make life easier for those who aren't Linux experts
> if these requirements were documented in the install instructions.
> Most people, I think, would have given up by now, if they don't have a
> background in Unix or Linux. There may be some people interested in
> using Nyquist who don't have that kind of background, like musicians
> or composers.

I think you misunderstand some of the purpose of Nyquist then. It can be used 
for experimenting with sound and programming of it.

Aside from the technically inclined, most musicians and composers will not 
know what to do with this program. Thus having to compile it is not a far 
stretch at all given the technical side involved. The average musician sure is 
not going to want to program in Lisp, if program at all.

Binaries would be nice, but this is not your average sound program for average 
people in my opinion. So compiling is not a big deal at all.

If you are desperate for a binary then inquire with your Linux distro 
providers to see if they will compile and distribute it. In fact this is what 
happens with many programs that are not available in compiled form (and there 
are quite a few common programs on a Linux system that are only available this 
way from the original developers) and probably the most reliable way for it to 
work on a specific platform besides doing it yourself.

Raymond