Installing SuperCollider on Linux in 2019

These are short notes on installing SuperCollider from source on a debian-based Linux distro … in 2019.

Download sources

Download source from an official release from github: https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider/releases – grab the Source-linux.tar.bz one.

un-tar-bzip it with:

Prepare system for compilation

Install all dependencies for your system by following instructions on how to build SC from source on Linux here: https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider/blob/develop/README_LINUX.md (the most tricky is QT version – for recent versions of distros the QT version is high enough to install through apt):

Check if QT in your distro’s repos is high enough for SC (5.7 or later!):

if so, install the QT dev packages:

I’m using checkinstall to create a deb package, so, install that as well:

Building/compiling

Go to the folder with source, create a build folder, and cd to it:

Configure make (cmake)

Start compilation (lotsa warnings but if you don’t end up with ‘Build failed’, then build was successful):

Now create a deb with checkinstall:

Installing

Install the final deb:

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Jit.log#190608

Good news! I got a small working stipend from cultural ministry. The main requirement is to follow my plan and (I think) submit a report at the end. Work/study must not be focused on a final product. Inevitably I am creating project in the same area and direction so the upcoming piece “INTELLIGENCE IS WHATEVER MACHINES HAVEN’T DONE YET” for exhibition at Kapelica gallery is more or less connected to this research. I will need to reschedule the working plan from spring to fall.

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Jit.log#190601

Last two weeks:

  • visited Rob in Maribor, had long discussion about different solutions, ideas… [190522]
  • fruitful and constructive meeting with Kapelica team [190523]
  • ordered hardware (2x computer monitors, 1x computer system with Nvidia graphics)
  • checked the cover/cocoon for the installation at Kapelica. looks nice, black and acoustically dampened. Made plans with Jure about how to proceed [190531]
  • picked up two screens from Mlacom. One multi-touch screen (1920×1080) + another wide and curved screen (2560×1080). Both Dell. setup in studio, connected to already working prak system. Testing SuperCollider and Processing functionalities. [190531] That was progress.
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Shame, vulnerability, worthyness.

Shame is the fear of disconnection: Is there something about me that, if other people know it or see it, that I won’t be worthy of connection?

It’s universal; we all have it. The only people who don’t experience shame have no capacity for human empathy or connection. No one wants to talk about it, and the less you talk about it, the more you have it. What underpinned this shame, this “I’m not good enough,” was excruciating vulnerability. This idea of, in order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen, really seen.

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Upgrading of mail server

Today I added an additional volume to the mailserver prefect, since it was running out of disk space for the mailboxes. I have now increased the space by adding a new ‘virtual’ block storage, mounted and some mailboxes have been moved to the new drive. This new drive can be resized as needed with the lowest cost possible. We don’t need more CPU or memory, just more disk space and this works with $0.10/GB per month. The only drawback is that these volumes cannot be automatically backed up.

I have transfered the files from /var/mail/vmail to /mnt/vmail1/vmail by using rsync like this:

This transfered whole folders preserving all permissions and ownerships.

The Kabbalah Deck: tet ט

Beginning the Hebre word tov (good), the letter Tet first appears in the Bible with the verse: “And God saw all that He had made and behold it was good.” With its inwardly oriented shape, Tet symbolizes that goodness is often hidden in our universe; as the Zohar indicates, “good is concealed within it.”

In the Kabbalah, goodness is often associated with resplendent, divine light. When Moses was born, legend has it that his mother, Yocheved, beheld a dazzling glow and “saw that he was good.” In a similar legend, the birth of Abraham was accompanied by an intense radiance.

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