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@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ By default, the jamulus binary can function as:
- Headless server (-s and -n options, neither X nor jackd required)
Even though the headless mode doesn't require a running X server,
-it still requires the qt4 and X11 shared libraries. There's no way to
-compile jamulus without these.
+it still requires the Qt5 shared libraries. There's no way to compile
+jamulus without these.
-If you launch jamulus from the desktop start menu, you'll get the client.
-If you want to run a server, you'll have to either run it from the command
-line, or create a different launcher/shortcut for jamulus as a server.
+You can launch jamulus as either a client or a server with GUI from
+the desktop start menu. If you want to run a headless server, you'll
+have to either run it from the command line, or create a different
+launcher/shortcut for jamulus as a headless server (with -n option).
If you want to run a headless server that starts at boot time (like
a regular daemon), currently the best way to do this is to call it
@@ -18,13 +19,19 @@ from /etc/rc.d/rc.local. There's no "daemon" option, so you'll have to
background it with &, and redirect stdout/stderr somewhere (see also
the -l <logfile> option).
+Dedicated server only build
+----------------------------
+
If you *really* want to build a dedicated jamulus server, you can do so
by setting SERVERONLY=yes in the SlackBuild's environment. In this case,
you can ignore the REQUIRES="jack" line in the .info file.
-The resulting jamulus binary will work exactly as the regular jamulus,
-except it doesn't make sound nor accept audio input from your instrument.
-It'll only be useful as a server (with -s and possibly also -n).
+The resulting jamulus binary will work only as a dedicated server.
+It wont't make sound nor accept audio input from your instrument, and
+it won't require X11 shared libraries (though it still does require
+Qt5 shared libs). It'll only be useful as a server, and it'll have to
+be run from the command line, or a shell script (won't show up in your
+desktop start menu).
The *only* reason to ever do this is if you really *really* don't want
to install jack for some reason.