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- testing alsa install script
- Monday, December 31st, 2007 at 12:42:55am UTC
- #!/bin/bash
- TRUE=1
- FALSE=0
- echo Script Designed to Install a newer version of the alsa module and drivers
- echo For Ubuntu. Taken from information from the ALSA Ubuntu wiki page.
- echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo ------------------- THIS SCRIPT IS VERY UNTESTED ----------------------------
- echo ------------------- You may need to fix things.. ----------------------------
- echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo THE INSTALL LINES ARE COMMENTED OUT. Just to be safe.
- echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- # In an attmpt to make the script a little easier if ran more then once
- # Settings are Here.
- #
- DOWNLOADALSA=$FALSE
- #DOWNLOADALSA=$TRUE
- UPDATESYSTEM=$FALSE
- #UPDATESYSTEM=$TRUE
- GRABPACKAGES=$FALSE
- #GRABPACKAGES=$TRUE
- # Do a System Update and Upgrade to be sure the system is up to date first.
- # if a KERNEL was updated - this can mess things up.
- # since the alsa module wont get compiled for the new kernel. But the currently
- # running one. If that happens - the user will need to reboot and
- # rerun this script to recompile the modules for the proper kernel
- if [ "$UPDATESYSTEM" -eq "$TRUE" ]
- then
- echo Updateing the System to get things in a sane state.
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get upgrade
- echo If the Kernel was updated. I suggest rebooting and using the new kernel. and
- echo reruning this script
- fi
- if [ "$GRABPACKAGES" -eq "$TRUE" ]
- then
- echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo Installing the Needed parts required to Compile the Modules
- echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo Installing the unp program also.
- echo Because it makes unarchiving things SO much easier
- echo and its so tiny and handy.
- sudo apt-get install unp
- sudo apt-get install build-essential ncurses-dev gettext
- sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
- sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev
- fi
- echo Starting the Main Part of the Program - Grabbing the ALSA source and putting it
- echo In the Proper place to compile it - /usr/src/alsa
- echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- # really should test to make sure the dir is not already there.
- sudo mkdir /usr/src/alsa
- cd /usr/src/alsa/
- if [ "$DOWNLOADALSA" -eq "$TRUE" ]
- then
- echo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo Getting the Latest versions of the files at the time this script was written
- echo Dec 18 2007
- echo need to make an easier way to change these Filenames, but then i also have to
- echo fix the dir names used later.
- echo ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- sudo wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.15rc3.tar.bz2
- sudo wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/alsa-lib-1.0.15rc3.tar.bz2
- sudo wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/alsa-utils-1.0.15rc1.tar.bz2
- # See what i mean... Small simple command that uncompresses all the archives
- sudo unp *.bz2
- fi
- echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo ----- NOW THE SOURCE IS READY TO COMPILE ----------
- echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Straight forward way to compile the stuff. note that the
- ## sudo make install lines are COMMENTED OUT. Just to allow for safer testing
- ## I need to find a cleaner way to have the file names, and dirs changeable
- cd /usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.15rc3
- sudo ./configure --with-cards=hda-intel
- sudo make
- ## Commented out to make testing of the script easier.
- #sudo make install
- echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo ------------- Alsa-Driver compile Done ----
- echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- cd /usr/src/alsa-lib-1.0.15rc3
- sudo ./configure
- sudo make
- # Commented Out
- #sudo make install
- echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo ------------ Alsa-Lib Compile Done ----
- echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- cd /usr/src/alsa/alsa-utils-1.0.15rc1
- sudo ./configure
- sudo make
- #commented out
- #sudo make install
- echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo ------------ Alsa-utils Compile Done ----
- echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- echo -_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_-
- echo Ta Da - Hopefull it all worked. Reboot to find out.
- echo If not - i suggest a reread of the Ubuntu alsa wiki page.
- echo -_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_--_-_-_-_
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