[q-lang-users] Re: MidiShare rpms

[Albert G. <ag...@mu...>]

Hi, Gabriel,

I'm cc'ing this to the mailing list, as it might be interesting for 
others as well.

> In your q-lang pages, I found the MidiShare rpms, but these do not work in my 
> setup (Suse 9.1 with a newer kernel than SuSE 2.6.5-7.108 through Yast).
> Is there a MidiShare source available that I could compile? The source in the 
> MidiShare site does not compile as it is, so maybe you found a way to apply 
> some patch?

The MidiShare source rpms at the Q website include all the necessary 
sources and patches. Assuming you are using a non-smp kernel later than 
2.6.5-7.108 (from YOU?), the proper source rpm should be this one: 
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/q-lang/midishare-1.86-4.src.rpm?download

This stuff still compiles with SuSE 9.2, so any updated 9.1 kernel 
should be ok, too.

You can either install the source rpm and fiddle with the sources in 
/usr/src/packages/SOURCES yourself, or just try to rebuild the binary 
RPM. With the proper development tools installed, the following command 
should do the trick:

rpmbuild --rebuild midishare-1.86-4.src.rpm

(Better run this as root, IIRC it installs some stuff into system 
directories before creating the RPM.)

This should leave the binary RPM somewhere under /usr/src/packages/RPMS, 
ready to be installed on your system.

HTH,
Albert

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