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[Ron Clarke <ariadne AT earthlink.com.au>]

Hi Folks,

On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 02:27:13 +0000 (UTC)
sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
 
> >    I now have timidity running in BL3 also.  I downloaded and installed 
> > almost the entire /d1 directory from SW4.0, used a copy of Timidity++ 
> > source, and compiled the whole thing. Compiled with no problems. I added 
> > the patches and timidity.config from my BL2 setup, and away we went. I 
> > have MIDIs playing through the SB16 card.
> 
> >     I would offer to make a package for BL3.4, but I don't know how to. 
> > And in any case, the patches alone will make a BIG download.
> 
> Are the patches larger or smaller than the source code?  How big are they?

    Up to 20 MB.   I said BIG !

     But I could set up a smaller selection, they just wouldn't sound as 
good.  say 4 - 7 MB ?

BTW: You will also need the SB16-BL3 package from the add-ons page.

> Unless there are symlinked libraries, just tar -zcvf the files in the 
> proper directory structure.  For instance make a /timidity/usr/local/bin 
> and ./lib or wherever the files are located, copy the files to the 
> directories under /timidity, cd to /timidity and then do:
> 
> tar -zcvf timidity-bl3.tar.gz *
> 
> z - zip
> c - create
> v - verbose
> f - file (?)
> 
> In BL2: cd /timidity, then makepkg  timidity-bl2.tgz.
> 
> How do we make BL3 packages?

    I shall try the same way, and see how I go.  :)

Regards,
        Ron

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Ron Clarke 
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