Hello Linux Geeksters. As you may know, qTractor is a audio and midi sequencer, written in C++ and using Qt4 framework. The latest version of qTractor is qTractor 0.5.12 which brings many improvements to the previous version.For more information, see the official changelog.
In this article I will show you how to install Qtractor 0.5.12 on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 16 Petra, Linux Mint 13 Maya, Elementary OS 0.2 Luna, Debian 7 Wheezy and Fedora 19.
Because it is not available via any repository yet, we have to download the deb/rpm packages and install them with dpkg/rpm. Follow the instructions for your system exactly, in order to get a successful installation.
How to install Qtractor 0.5.12 on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander and Linux Mint 16 Petra:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/rncbc/xUbuntu_13.10/i386/qtractor_0.5.12svn3706-1_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i qtractor_0.5.12svn3706-1_i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/rncbc/xUbuntu_13.10/amd64/qtractor_0.5.12svn3706-1_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i qtractor_0.5.12svn3706-1_amd64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
How to install Qtractor 0.5.12 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, Linux Mint 13 Maya and Elementary OS 0.2:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/rncbc/xUbuntu_12.04/i386/qtractor_0.5.12svn3706-1_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i qtractor_0.5.12svn3706-1_i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Instructions for 64 bit systems
$ wget download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/rncbc/xUbuntu_12.04/amd64/qtractor_0.5.12svn3706-1_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i qtractor_0.5.12svn3706-1_amd64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
How to install Qtractor 0.5.12 on Debian 7 Wheezy:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/rncbc/Debian_7.0/i386/qtractor_0.5.12svn3706-1_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i qtractor_0.5.12svn3706-1_i386.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/rncbc/Debian_7.0/amd64/qtractor_0.5.12svn3706-1_amd64.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i qtractor_0.5.12svn3706-1_amd64.deb
$ sudo apt-get install -f
How to install Qtractor 0.5.12 on Fedora 19:
Instructions for 32 bit systems:
$ wget download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/rncbc/Fedora_19/i686/qtractor-0.5.12svn3706-1.1.i686.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i qtractor-0.5.12svn3706-1.1.i686.rpm
Instructions for 64 bit systems:
$ wget download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/rncbc/Fedora_19/x86_64/qtractor-0.5.12svn3706-1.1.x86_64.rpm
$ sudo rpm -i qtractor-0.5.12svn3706-1.1.x86_64.rpm