Installing OrganDesigner

Copyright (C) 2006—2007 Gregory D. Weber

License for this documentation: GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2

License for OrganDesigner software: GNU Public License, Version 2

For OrganDesigner version 1.1.0

Prerequisites

The following programs must be installed for OrganDesigner to work properly:

  1. Python, including Tkinter, Python's standard graphical toolkit.
    Version: Python/Tkinter 2.5 or higher is recommended. OrganDesigner might work with earlier versions of Python, especially those not much earlier, but this is the version that has been used for recent development and testing.
    RPMs for Fedora 7: python-2.5-12.fc7, tkinter-2.5-12.fc7
  2. Virtual Keyboard. Currently, OrganDesigner relies on Virtual Keyboard's utility 'sftovkb' to read SoundFont files. OrganDesigner will probably outgrow this dependence in a later version. Virtual Keyboard is not needed to play the resulting organ designs, although it is one way to do so.
    Version: 0.1.17 is known to work; earlier versions are untested.
    RPM: vkeybd-0.1.17a-3.fc7 is available for users of PlanetCCRMA.
  3. Libxml2. OrganDesigner uses the program 'xmllint' to validate the ".org" files that it writes for GENPO. This dependency might be removed in a future version.
    Version: 20629 is known to work.
    RPM for Fedora 7: libxml2-2.6.29-1.fc7
  4. GENPO. Well, strictly speaking, OrganDesigner can run without GENPO. But the resulting GENPO files will not be of much use without having GENPO to play with!
    Version: 0.9.5 is recommended, as it provides the "toe pistons" (i.e., general combinations) which this release of OrganDesigner is intended to support.
    RPM: not available

Download

Download OrganDesigner from SourceForge.

Installation

Operating as root, unpackage the source tarball, move into the source directory, and run the install script: 

# tar xvzf organdesigner-1.1.0.tar.gz
# cd organdesigner-1.1.0
# ./install

If the ./install step should not work, substitute this:

# chmod g+r,o+r dtd/genpo/organ.dtd
# python setup.py install

This will install OrganDesigner in the default location for Python modules, and the GENPO organ.dtd file in the /etc/organdesigner directory.

Problems

Please the Sourceforge tools: bug tracker to report bugs, feature request tracker to request new features, Help forum for help, and Open Discussion forum for general comments. If you are uncomfortable using these tools, or you don't get a response within a few days, please contact the developer using the email address shown on the author's contact information page.

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