Jamstix on OSX, the final hack (ARCHIVED)

79_Limited · Post by **79_Limited** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:01 pm

Man I would love to see a video how to set this up in Logic. Thanks for taking the time.

79_Limited · Post by **79_Limited** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 8:13 pm

Man I would love to see a video how to set this up in Logic. Thanks for taking the time.

Robitaille20 · Post by **Robitaille20** » Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:45 pm

No problem... I'll do one as soon as I get a chance.

Robitaille20 · Post by **Robitaille20** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:12 am

Hey 79.... Just thought I'd check in and let you know that I haven't forgotten about getting this video done for you. I've been super busy with work pulling 80 hour weeks and haven't even seen my DAW. I still plan on getting it done.... Hopefully in the next few days. Sorry!

79_Limited · Post by **79_Limited** » Wed Sep 04, 2013 9:52 pm

No problem! I hear you!

I look forward to the video.

Maurice_B · Post by **Maurice_B** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:23 am

Hi there,

I'd like to use Jamstix on a project that I'll have to complete in just a few weeks. I'm on a Mac so I would not want wait for the OSX release.

I'm trying to install Jamstix Wine, but whenever I run the installer, I just get a message "JackOSX must be installed before you can install JamstixWine. (www.jackosx.com)"

-even thought JackOSX is installed and running on my computer.

There was no readme file in the Jamstix Wine zipfile.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks a lot!

willowhaus · Post by **willowhaus** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:00 am

Did you look at page 3 of this thread? There is some advice there regarding changes in JackOSX.

Maurice_B · Post by **Maurice_B** » Sat Jan 11, 2014 7:33 am

No I hadn't seen that yet, thanks willowhaus -

it seems to point in the right direction. So I understand basically that it probably doesn't work because the new version of JackOSX doesn't work properly under snow leopard any more.

In one post, there's that little code provided that might fix it - so where should I enter that code? And what does it mean to run it as root?

Or could I also use the old version of JackOSX instead?

Any help is appreciated!

willowhaus · Post by **willowhaus** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 3:02 am

Dewdman42 updated the installer, so I'm not entirely sure that these commands need to be run. However, to proceed:

These commands need to be run from the command line, i.e. in Terminal.app.

Running as root means that you need elevated privileges (Administrator) to run some of these commands. Root is not enabled in OS X by default, however, so rather than going through all that, just use "sudo" before each command. You'll be asked for your password (at least the 1st time, it should stick for a few minutes after that).

First, you might just check to see if the symlinks are already there.
Open Terminal.app (located in /Applications/Utilities/) and type in:

[code:1:e1fc885828]
ls /usr/lib/libjack*
[/code:1:e1fc885828]

If you get "No such file or directory" as a result, then go ahead & try the commands. (Note that the ls and cd should not require you to use the sudo command.)

[code:1:e1fc885828]
cd /usr/local/lib
sudo tar -cvf jacklibs.tar libjack*
sudo mv jacklibs.tar /usr/lib/.
cd /usr/lib
sudo tar -xvf jacklibs.tar
sudo rm jacklibs.tar
[/code:1:e1fc885828]

Test & see what happens.

Maurice_B · Post by **Maurice_B** » Sun Jan 12, 2014 12:44 pm

While I was trying out the code, I had an idea that turned out to be right.

I had moved the "Jack" folders from the Applications folder to my Music folder - and that must have caused the problem:

When I re-installed JackOSX and left it in the Applications folder, I was able to install Jamstix Wine!

But now I have a new problem... (which I will post seperately)