libjack-dev vs libjack-jackd2-dev

[musodojo]

In the Install section, you say "The dependencies are: ..." and include "libjack-dev".

Installing "libjack-dev" on my Ubuntu Studio causes the apt package manager to uninstall other packages including studio-controls.

I can avoid this by installing "libjack-jackd2-dev" instead and everything compiles as expected with no packages needing to be removed.

[Stazed]

The difference is jack1 vs jack2. They should be interchangeable. I believe that jack1 is no longer being developed. Ubuntu Studio defaults to using jack2. The dependencies list is somewhat generic since different distros use different naming conventions.

[domichel]

On gentoo, jack is a virtual dependency, which in turn depend on one of jack1 or jack2 and exclude the other one, the choice being an user choice. The main difference being than jack1 is mostly used on uni-processor machines, when jack2 is mostly used on multi-processor x86-64 machines. Jack1 is in maintenance only mode, so the real alternative of today is much more between jack2 and pipewire, both of them being actively developed, jack2 in order to be safe, pipewire for the brave.

[domichel]

I just took a look into the virtual/jack ebuild, they added pipewire into it, so it is now one of jack1, jack2 or pipewire, and only one of them. That system imply that all jackified packages will depend only on that virtual, and that to shift from one to another jack implementation must be as painful than editing 2 lines into a config file and making a system update.

[domichel]

And sorry for my English, I am never sure if I make the good choice between than and that.