Hello,

i'm trying to install GoatTracker, and in order to get it working i would need to compile the BME graphics/sound library (couldn't find any rpms). But i don't understand the instructions provided with GoatTracker/BME for compiling them.

GoatTracker readme.txt says: "Compile BME first [before GoatTracker] and place the produced utilities in your path, as well as
the BME library file to the linux subdirectory of GoatTracker.
"

Ok, so let's try to compile BME first.

BME readme.txt says: "Include "bme.h" in your program and compile with: gcc yourprogram.c libbme.a -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXext -lm -ldl -lSDLmain -lSDL"


I have never had any success with compiling anything, for some reason there's always errors, so i've relied on rpms (but there's no rpms for GoatTracker or BME). In any case, i have thought that the usual way to compile stuff is "./configure", then "make" and "make install". (This is just reciting, i don't really know what these steps mean.)

But with BME there's no ./configure, only a makefile.

What does it mean in the GoatTracker readme.txt, when it says "place the produced utilities in your path". What is my path, how do i know what it is?

What does it mean in the BME readme.txt when it says "Include bme.h in your program"?

GoatTracker is available at:
http://cadaver.homeftp.net/tools/goattrk2.zip

BME is available at:
http://cadaver.homeftp.net/misc/bme.zip

(I want to install GoatTracker because i want to make c64 SID music. Or, installing GT is only one of the options: I've tried running trackers for c64 on VICE, but there's keyboard problems, e.g. i don't know how to get the c64 key "<-" working on CyberTracker. Other trackers might work better, but then i would need to learn a new user interface instead of going with the FastTracker kind that i'm already familiar with. Also, it would be an option to run CyberTracker on a real c64, but c64 disk image transfer between linux and c64 seems quite convoluted. Etc etc. So if anyone has good ideas about how to generate SID emulated samples on linux, that'll be sufficient too, because i can use CheeseTracker..)

ok sorry i talk too much

I realize this post is years old, and you might have moved on in life. However there has been no reply so why not?
I also felt the instructions for compiling GT to be a bit vague. I just got it working, and I thought I'd share what I did.

1. files in src/bme need to be compiled. a simple "make" command should do the trick. These create two binarys called dat2inc and datafile.

2. run "sudo chmod +x data2inc" and "sudo chmod +x datafile." in other words, fix the file permissions so the binarys can be executed.

3. copy these two files to either your /usr/bin directory or your /usr/local/bin directory.

4. go into your src directory, run make and you should be fine! the binary compiled will appear in the previously empty linux directory up one level from the src directory.

Hi Ralph,

Normally we would frown on replying to such an old post, but I think we won't mind in this case, especially as it's not had any reply (in like 3 years - wow!), AND because it's about good old C64 music (love it!) - Rob Hubbard would be proud

For what it's worth, jjonas' profile shows he/she has been online last month, so who knows, maybe the member will have some comment on your accomplishment here. I'd be interested in hearing more about it too.

Best regards,

Sasha

I'm glad you can make an exception for me I don't think there will be any other old posts I will be replying to. This popped up in a google search, and I couldn't resist.

Long live chiptune music!

-R

Quite some time since the last post and yet, despite obvious interest in GoatTracker, there still isn't a SlackBuild available. I am a complete novice regarding creating SlackBuild scripts, but would suggest that someone who likes trackers and knows how to create SlackBuilds, submit a GoatTrackernSlackBuild script to SlackBuilds.org.

the few people who are interested in this sort of stuff use schismtracker or milkytracker.
afaik, both are under active development.
i'm sure at least one of those can be built on slackware.

compared to those 2, goattracker is really stark and minimalistic (but all 3 are extremely lightweight, seeing as they were designed ~15 years ago).

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Both schismtracker and milkytracker are available in both the SlackBuilds and Studioware repos. Just starting to experiment with trackers and the keyboard based minimalism of goattracker appeals to me.