[64studio-devel] Ardour2 beta 12 Install not solved still need help

[Quentin Harley]

David Blackmon wrote:
>>> Oops...... I replied to the wrong message I still need help with this 
>>> one. I can't get synaptic to see the latest Ardour2 gtk in the debian 
>>> repo's all I get is the ardour2-gtk-dbg pkg as well as the Ardour2 
>>> doc pkg. If I try to install the ardour2-gtk-dbg pkg it asks for the 
>>> ardour2-gtk pkg which it can't find. I have no need for the dbg pkg 
>>> anyway. I can use the browser and surf to the latest ardour2 in the 
>>> debian repo pool and download it but I have not a clue how to install 
>>> it that way......any help ????
>>>       
>> David Blackmon
>>
>>     

Ok, when you added the experimental repos, the ardour2-gtk-dpg package 
became visible, but not the rest.  This is because the ardour main 
packages in experimental is set with lower priority, but this is not a 
problem:

   1. Select the ardour-gtk package in Synaptic.
   2. Click    <Package>   ==>  <Force Version>   or  press <Ctrl>-E 
      (for the very efficient)
   3. Select the version you want in the drop down list in the dialog
      that appears and click <Force Version>
   4. When you now select all the other Ardour2 related packages and
      Apply your changes, you should be the proud new user of the latest
      released Ardour2 installment.

Note however!!!

   1. MAKE BACKUPS OF YOUR STUFF - Ardour2 still has a few bugs hidden
      in the works.  This is why we are testing it for Paul and the
      other guys.  Why you have to backup is that if you find a bug that
      limits your work flow (as the one that messes up the generic midi
      controller) then you have to go back to ardour 0.99.x. 
   2. _/*Ardour is NOT backwards compatible.*/_  Your Ardour2 project
      will then have to wait for the bug fix.

Hope this helps.

I found Ardour2 very nice, and I anxiously await the bug fix for the 
midi controller!

Quentin