Zynthian Desktop

m0rvj · August 9, 2021, 10:45pm

I find myself wondering if its possible to run the zynthian sofware on my desktop kubuntu pc?

Jerryn · August 10, 2021, 12:18am

Of course it can. Read the wiki, there is a ui option to enable it. MOD-UI supports VNC too. I find it better to map switches and knobs .
You can attach a large touchscreen too.
It’s anything you want it to be. A midi swiss army knife. Somebody made a custom keyboard with a Zynthian, and all the knobs sliders, and buttons yocan imagine to control it.
Search for it on yourube

Baggypants · August 10, 2021, 7:42am

Are you wanting to install the zynthian software on kubuntu? You can by cloning a bunch of repos but I wouldn’t recommend it as it all expects to run as root. So a lot of post-install fiddling is required.

MrBroccoli · August 10, 2021, 12:21pm

le51 · August 12, 2021, 2:21pm

Starting From a basic debian buster installation, you Can follow that script

github.com

zynthian/zynthian-sys/blob/testing/scripts/setup_system_rbpi_raspbian_lite_buster.sh

#!/bin/bash
#******************************************************************************
# ZYNTHIAN PROJECT: Zynthian Setup Script
# 
# Setup a Zynthian Box in a fresh raspbian-lite "buster" image
# 
# Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Fernando Moyano <jofemodo@zynthian.org>
#
#******************************************************************************
# 
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
# the License, or any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#

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You will have to adapt it to thé specific x86_64 architecture.
Be aware that it will overwrite some configuration files and your kubuntu won’t be usuable anymore.
So, for sure a better approach should be to use a virtual machine running buster light inside your kubuntu install.

This is something that is on my todo list. But I haven’t learned how to setup a virtual machine yet.