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3.1 Downloading JAM

JAM is a rapidly changing beast.  Because of this you will need to get the JAM software from CVS.  Just like JACK it is not a major problem.  Don't let the fact that it's not a tarball frighten you.  Look on the bright side - you don't have to open a browser.  JAM is available from http://sourceforge.net/projects/jamin.  Here are the commands to download JAM:

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/jamin login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/jamin co jam

When you are prompted for a password simply press <Enter>.
 

3.2 Building and installing JAM

After running the above commands simply do the following:

cd jam
sh autogen.sh
./configure
make
make install
cd ..

Notice that we didn't specify --prefix=/usr.  This is because JAM is a program and it only needs to be in your path to run.  You can put it in /usr if you want.  Just remember to be consistent - do it the same way every time.
 

3.3 Configuring JAM

JAM has a single configuration file - .jamrc.  This file specifies where your pixmaps are located and what your JAM window will look like.  There is a default .jamrc included in the CVS download it is in the jam directory that you just created.  The easiest way to use this is to copy it to your home directory:

cp jam/.jamrc ~

You then need to edit ~/.jamrc with your favorite editor (vi or emacs derivative depending on religion) and at the very least change the pixmap_path to point to the JAM pixmaps directory.  This directory is included in the JAM CVS download so, assuming you put the jam directory in /foo/bar the line in .jamrc would look like this:

pixmap_path "/foo/bar/jam/pixmaps"

At some point in the near future we will be providing presets for different situations (from actual, working audio engineers).  At present we are still in the design and bitch stage but keep your eyes open they'll be coming soon.

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