Acarsd under Linux without a running X server

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How to install acarsd under Linux without a running X server

If you have no running X server or no access to a running X server, you can install acarsd also within a normal text-only terminal. Please note, that you need libnurses (from Version 5) to run acarsd under Linux.

Download the latest acarsd version from the download page and uncompress the archive. After uncompression you'll have a subfolder called like the current version of acarsd. For example acarsd-1.60

Create a folder for your acarsd version (or use the current one) and copy all files to this new location. You'll need access to the sounddevice. If you are not root and you dont have access, please contact your system administrator. [Only under Linux] When running acarsd you can play music over the same sounddevice.

Now you can create an acarsd.ini file or - if you'll use the commandline options - read how to make libacarsd.so available for acarsd.

Make libacarsd.so available for acarsd If you are root, you can link the libacarsd.so to your library path. Chdir into your acarsd folder and enter the following command:

ln -s ./libacarsd.so /usr/lib/libacarsd.so

if you are not root, simply change the environement to point to your acarsd folder

set LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "./"

You can replace ./ also with the complete path to your acarsd folder.

Now you can start acarsd. acarsd will look for the ini file (acarsd.ini) first in /etc/ and if not found also in the current folder. If no acarsd.ini is found, acarsd runs with default settings.

If acarsd can read from your sounddevice, you'll get a ncurses window. In all other cases you'll get an error message with detailed informations about the problem.