INSTALL

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Always check the Nsound User's Guide for the latest information on how to build
and install Nsound:

    http://nsound.sourceforge.net/users_guide/index.html

Nsound has the following dependencies for build:

    1) Python (www.python.org) $ apt-get install python
    2) Scons (www.scons.org) $ apt-get install scons

    Optional packages for plotting:

    3) Python Numpy (for Matplotlib)
    4) Python Matplotlib (Pylab)


How to build the Nsound C++ package on Linux or Mac:

    1) Uncompress the package:

        [~]$ tar xfz nsound-A.B.C.tar.gz

    2) Execute Scons

        [~]$ cd nsound-A.B.C
        [nsound-A.B.C]$ scons

        To compile with debug flags and no optimizations for debugging:

        [nsound-A.B.C]$ CXXFLAGS=-g scons

        To compile with optimizations:

        [nsound-A.B.C]$ CXXFLAGS="-fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -O2" scons


How to build the Nsound package on windows:

    Please read _WINDOWS_README.txt.


How to build the Python Nsound package on Linux or Mac:

    1) Uncompress the package:

        [~]$ tar xfz nsound-A.B.C.tar.gz

    2) Execute Scons to generate setup.py

        [~]$ cd nsound-A.B.C
        [nsound-A.B.C]$ scons setup.py

    3) Execute the Python disttools builder

        [nsound-A.B.C]$ sudo python setup.py install