TiMidity++ Install Problem--Can't Find Configuration File

bleedingturnips · 12-23-2005, 08:44 AM

Hello everyone.

I'm running Slacware-10.2 (Current).

I just compiled TiMidity++ 2.13.0 from source. Everything seemed to go well.

But when I execute

timidity file.mid

I get the message

/usr/local/share/timidity/timidity.cfg: No such file or directory
timidity: Can't read any configuration file.

There's no directory "timidity" under /usr/local/share.

Thanks.

darksmiley · 12-23-2005, 08:54 AM

hmm interesting.

well, if it were me the first thing i would do is do a search for the timidity config file to see where it actually DID put it:

find / -name timidity.cfg

if that brings up nothing, then try and see where the program installed itself to after it was compiled and link it. So let's say it is in /usr/local/timidity as opposed to /usr/local/share/timidity , then you can just make a link from one to the other:

ln -s /usr/local/timidity /usr/local/share/timidity

let me know how you get on

bleedingturnips · 12-23-2005, 09:32 AM

Linking to the correct directory worked great. Thanks!

darksmiley · 12-28-2005, 09:02 AM

coolness - happy to help!