Re: [gentoo-user] Beast / BSE

Daniel Frey <djqfrey@×××××.com> [15-12-04 03:32]:
> On 12/03/2015 09:53 AM, Meino.Cramer@×××.de wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Beast BSE is a soft syntesizer for (beside others) Linux.
> >
> > The application ( https://testbit.eu/wiki/Beast_Home ) needs
> > to be compiled from source and is not part of the portage.
> >
> > Since I had bad experience with portage overlays (they (read:I)
> > screwed up my system lately ... typical level 8 failure) I
> > want to avoid that.
> >
> > Unfortunately I came not farther than to the moment its configure
> > didn't show m the libpng and stopped doing its job.
> >
> > Is there any step by step tutorial how to compile this beast
> > on (Gentoo) Linux?
> > Or does someone get a compilation done successfully on Gentoo?
> > How?
>
> Well, it could be done outside portage but that's probably not a good idea.
>
> It is possible to write your own ebuild (which probably wouldn't be too
> difficult) but you'll still need to add a local overlay to drop your
> custom ebuilds in.
>
> I haven't done this in quite some time now, but that program looks
> interesting, now I want to try it myself! Tomorrow I'll look at it and
> see if I can get it working. I'm in North America though so keep the
> time difference in mind.
>
> I better get back to work now...
>
> Dan
>

Hi Dan,

(WARNING! I am no native english speaker! :)

Thank you very much for you interest in this problem.

I tried to compile the beast outside but regardless what I
was doing, it bests configure insists of not seeing libpng,
which definitely ist installed on my system.

Since you ar intested in the program (or: in this kind of programs?)
you may also take a look at zynaddsubfx...

Keep hacking! :)
Best regards,
Meino