Installation

Currently only Linux is supported. Package names and install commands are given for Debian/Ubuntu.

Minimal

Download the jird executable from the github release page.
Make jird executable by running
```
$ chmod +x <path_to_jird>
```
where <path_to_jird> is the path to the downloaded jird executable.
Install rlwrap and fluidsynth
```
$ sudo apt-get install rlwrap fluidsynth
```
On Debian and Ubuntu fluidsynth comes set up with a default soundfont. If your distro doesn’t do this, you can add
```
export JIRD_SOUNDFONT=<path_to_soundfont>
```
to your .bashrc or equivalent, where <path_to_soundfont> is the path to the soundfont you would like to use by default.
Define a shell alias like
```
alias jird='rlwrap <path_to_jird>'
```
in your .bashrc or equivalent. Here <path_to_jird> is the path to the downloaded jird executable. This alias is to run jird under rlwrap for input editing and history.

To allow using the Surge XT and ZynAddSubFX synths:

Clone the Surge XT repo (for the patch library)

$ git clone https://github.com/surge-synthesizer/surge.git

Install ZynAddSubFX and ALSA utils (for aplaymidi and aplay)
```
$ sudo apt-get install zynaddsubfx alsa-utils
```