- Jamulus can be compiled for Linux, Windows and macOS. However, the preferred method of supporting these platforms is to use the binaries generated by the autobuild process in the Jamulus repository.
- For unattended installs, see the contributed installation scripts
- The Autobuild scripts although only optimized to be used by the CI, might help you understand the process of setting up a build environment
- There are reports from people who successfully compile and run Jamulus on BSDs.
- Android and iOS are not officially supported. However, binaries are generated by the autobuild process in the Jamulus repository.
First of all, you need to get the Jamulus source code. You can either download it manually or use git:
- For .tar.gz use this link to download the latest release
- For .zip use this link
- If you use
git
, set it up – preferably with SSH if you want to contribute. Then rungit clone [email protected]:jamulussoftware/jamulus
in Terminal to get the bleeding edge version directly from GitHub.
On Debian 11+ you can install the dependencies by issuing the following command: sudo apt-get -qq --no-install-recommends -y install devscripts build-essential debhelper fakeroot libjack-jackd2-dev qtbase5-dev qttools5-dev-tools qtmultimedia5-dev
Note: The exact dependencies might be different for older distributions. See this comment by softins
- qt5-qtdeclarative-devel
- jack-audio-connection-kit-dbus
- qt5-qtbase
- jack-audio-connection-kit-devel
- qt5-linguist
- qt5-qtmultimedia
QjackCtl is optional, but recommended to configure JACK.
make distclean
qmake # qmake-qt5 on Fedora 33
make
sudo make install
make distclean
is optional but ensures a clean build environment. make install
is optional and puts the Jamulus binary into /usr/local/bin
.
Although not strictly necessary, we recommend using the headless flag to avoid having to install some of the dependent packages, save some disk space and/or speed up your build time.
Note that you don’t need to install the JACK package(s) for a headless build. If you plan to run headless on Gentoo, or are compiling under Ubuntu for use on another Ubuntu machine, the only packages you should need for a headless build are qtcore
, qtnetwork
, qtconcurrent
and qtxml
(both for building and running the server).
Compile the sources and create a server-only build without a UI:
make distclean # recommended
qmake "CONFIG+=headless serveronly"
make
sudo make install # optional
To control the server with systemd, runtime options and similar, refer to the Server manual.
Download and install Qt e.g via the official open source installer.
Note:
- Use the free GPLv2 license for Open Source development, not the commercial "universal installer"
- Select Components during installation: Expand the Qt section, find the matching version, preferrably Qt 5.15.2, and add the compiler components for your compiler, e.g.,
MSVC 2019 32-bit/64-bit
for Visual Studio 2019
If you build with JACK support, install JACK via choco: choco install --no-progress -y jack
If you build with ASIO support, you'll need the ASIO development files. Please ensure you read the ASIO-SDK licensing terms and register with Steinberg if necessary.
- Open PowerShell
- Navigate to the
jamulus
directory - To allow unsigned scripts, right-click on the
windows\deploy_windows.ps1
script, select properties and allow the execution of this script. You can also runSet-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
. (You can revert this after having run this script. For more information see the Microsoft PowerShell documentation page). - Run the Jamulus compilation and installer script in PowerShell:
.\windows\deploy_windows.ps1 "C:\Qt\<pathToQt32BitVersion>" "C:\Qt\<pathToQt64BitVersion>"
. - You can now find the Jamulus installer in the
.\deploy
directory.
- Create a folder under
\libs
called ASIOSDK2 - Download the ASIOSDK, open the top level folder in the .zip file and copy the contents into
[\path\to\jamulus\source]\libs\ASIOSDK2
if not already done, open the top level folder in the .zip file and copy the contents into[\path\to\jamulus\source]\libs\ASIOSDK2
so that, e.g., the folder[\path\to\jamulus\source]\libs\ASIOSDK2\common
exists - Open Jamulus.pro in Qt Creator, configure the project with a default kit, then compile & run
If you want to work with Visual Studio, run qmake -tp vc Jamulus.pro
to generate the vcxproj
file which enables you to test, debug and build Jamulus via Visual Studio.
You will need Xcode and Qt.
First, install Xcode from the Mac AppStore. Then install homebrew.
After that you can install Qt via homebrew:
brew install Qt@5
brew link Qt@5 --force
qmake -spec macx-xcode Jamulus.pro
xcodebuild -list -project Jamulus.xcodeproj
will prompt
Targets:
Jamulus
Qt Preprocess
Build Configurations:
Debug
Release
If no build configuration is specified and -scheme
is not passed then "Release" is used.
Schemes:
Jamulus
xcodebuild build
Will build the file and make it available in ./Release/Jamulus.app
If you want to build the installer, please run the deploy_mac.sh
script: ./mac/deploy_mac.sh
. You'll find the installer in the deploy/ folder.
- Install Xcode from the Mac AppStore
- Download and install Qt5 with the Qt Installer (not homebrew). Explicitly select iOS when choosing the Qt version
- Go to the folder of the Jamulus source code via terminal and run
/path/to/qt/5.15.2/ios/bin/qmake -spec macx-xcode Jamulus.pro
to generate an .xcodeproject file - Open the generated .xcodeproject in Xcode
- Go to the Signing & Capabilities tab and fix signing errors by setting a team. Xcode will tell you what you need to change.
Note:
- If have a free Apple Developer Account, you can use it as a "Personal Team":
- Set it up under Xcode Menu->Preferences->Accounts.
- Then choose a Bundle Identifier at your choice in the relevant field in the "General" Tab (in section "Identity")
- Now click on the "Signing & Capabilities" tab. In the section "Signing", the "Automatically manage signing" option should be selected.
- You should now see Team: (Your Name) (Personal Team), Bundle identifier: (the same you modified on General Tab), Provisioning Profile: Xcode Management Profile, Signing Certificate: Apple Development (your e-mail used for signing in to Apple) below
- Connect your device via USB (or WiFi if you set it up for that)
- Select your device next to the play button
- Compile and run Jamulus by clicking on the play button
- Before being able to start Jamulus on your device, you'll have trust your developer profile in the device's Settings under General>Profiles & Device Management. For more information see the guide by osxdaily
- After a week you might need to restart from step 6 to continue to run Jamulus on iOS, unless you are paying for the Apple developer programme.
- Install Qt, including the Android support from the Qt installer
- Follow Qt's Getting Started with Qt for Android instructions
- Make sure Jamulus submodules are present, notably oboe:
git submodule update --init
- Open Jamulus.pro in Qt Creator
- Now you should be able to Build & Run for Android.
During compile time some CONFIG arguments can be given to enable or disable specific features. Just run qmake "CONFIG+=<insert build time args>"
. The following table shows available compile time options:
Option | Description |
---|---|
serveronly |
Only support running as Server |
headless |
Disable GUI. Supports Client and Server. Usually used with serveronly |
nojsonrpc |
Disable JSON-RPC support |
jackonwindows |
Use JACK instead of ASIO on Windows |
jackonmac |
Use JACK instead of CoreAudio on macOS (untested) |
server_bundle |
macOS only: Create an application bundle which starts server by default |
opus_shared_lib |
Use external OPUS library |
disable_version_check |
Skip checks for version updates |
noupcasename |
Compile Jamulus binary as lower case "jamulus" instead of "Jamulus" |
raspijamulus |
Use raspijamulus.sh specific enhancements for build on Raspberry Pi |