[linux-audio-user] Trouble compiling JACK 0.98.1

[John Check]

On Sunday 15 August 2004 08:36 am, Jan Depner wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 02:28, Jos Laake wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm rebuilding my Linux Audio box after a card change and system
> > crash.  I know I've seen this problem before but can't remember
> > what I did to fix it (and that system and all its logs are long gone.)
> >
> > I'm using a Delta 1010 (not the LT)
> > I'm using the CCRMA kernel: kernel-2.4.26-1.ll.rh90.ccrma
> > The latest ALSA release: 1.0.5a
> >
> > Now I'm compiling JACK 0.98.1 and I get this in the middle of
> > my './configure' trace:
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> > checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
> > checking for sndfile >= 1.0... Package sndfile was not found in the
> > pkg-config search path.
> > Perhaps you should add the directory containing `sndfile.pc'
> > to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
> > No package 'sndfile' found
> > configure: WARNING: *** the jackrec example client will not be built
> > ------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > wha...?
> >
> > Am I gonna be needing this 'jackrec example client'?
> >
> > Anybody have a clue-by-4 to throw in my direction? ;-)
>
> 	You don't need the example client.  I think you can turn off compiling
> that with a .configure option.  Do a ./configure --help to check.
>

Doing that first as standard operating procedure for new software is a good 
habit to cultivate.

> Jan