Hi Chris,

I thought I'd checked for setup tools, but I guess not. After installing that it did more.

the sudo make install-user was just one attempt I made after the initial no sudo didn't work.

Not sure if it's an issue but in amongst the output from the make was this:

byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/jackselect/jackselect.py to jackselect.pyc
  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/jackselect/jackselect.py", line 265
    def handle_jackctl_signal(self, *args, signal=None, **kw):
                                                ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax


Also, I noted that, though I'm using nothing but 3.x python, the install sent stuff to:
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages

The make output makes no mention of python3.

And I don't see anything for jackselect in either pythonXX/dist-packages

But, the example app you provided in this thread works if I put it in the .../jack-select/jackselect directory.

I know next to nothing about the install process...so this be may perfectly normal.

Also, it appears in a quick glance at jackselect.py that the paths are wored to places on your PC. Am I reading that right?

and 
from .jackcontrol import ...
Does the .jackcontrol imply a relative directory?
(apologies for a programming question...I searched a bit but couldn't find any reference...probably my using the wrong search terms.)

Mac

On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Mac <ussndmac@charter.net> wrote:
Hi Chris,

Are you implying that your app will restart JACK when it is the condition I describe?

On another note:

I cloned the git repository. Confirmed the depends.

My results following the README:

sudo make PREFIX=/usr install
pandoc -f markdown -t rst README.md > README.rst
/bin/sh: 1: pandoc: not found
Makefile:10: recipe for target 'README.rst' failed
make: *** [README.rst] Error 127

Or:

sudo make install-user
python setup.py install --user
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 4, in <module>
    import setuptools
ImportError: No module named setuptools
Makefile:24: recipe for target 'install-user' failed
make: *** [install-user] Error 1

Thanks!
Mac