Rebuilding SLab
SLab is not delivered with all the source code, but it does have the major header files, and a set of libraries that will allow you to rebuild the installation in case you have some incompatibilities. You will typically only need to do this if you get a "segmentation violation" as soon as you start SLab - this tends to indicate that the dynamic loader could not resolve all the library calls. If you get any windows to open then rebuilding may not help to remove problems with the binaries.
Basic Guidelines:
cd ${SLAB_HOME}/src
su root
./build
The requirement for root permisions depends on how you extracted the tar file distribution.
Since release 4.10, the rebuild process is automatically requested if the startSLab script determines any potential issues between SLab and the libraries installed on your system.
The Makefile in the source tree specifies that static binaries be built. This may not be desirable, in which case change the definition at the top of the Makefile. You are advised to use the 'build' script, rather than a "make".
If you do not have the ALSA libraries then you really need to edit the SLab definitions file, and remove the ALSA_SUPPORT option, then rebuild. A dummy libasound is created, and this will be linked rather than the real libasound files. The build process automates this decision.
- todo
- More testing of duplex capabilities for generation of dev.config file. Get some more examples of utilisation for estimation of system capabilities.