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7 code results in monome/norns or view all results on GitHub

1 #!/usr/bin/env bash
2 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
3
4 # basic repo updates
5 sudo rm -rf /home/we/norns
6 cp -a norns /home/we/
7 sudo rm -rf /home/we/maiden
8 cp -a maiden /home/we/
9 #sudo rm -rf /home/we/norns-image
Shell
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1 # norns setup
2
3 ## build prerequisites
4
5 ### packages
6 ```
7 sudo apt-get install libevdev-dev liblo-dev libudev-dev libcairo2-dev liblua5.3-dev libavahi-compat-libdnssd-dev libasound2-dev libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev libsndfile1-dev
19 or use the debian repository as follows:
20
21 ```
22 curl https://keybase.io/artfwo/pgp_keys.asc | sudo apt-key add -
23 echo "deb https://package.monome.org/ stretch main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/norns.list
Markdown
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181 os.execute("sleep 0.5; sudo shutdown now")
182 end
183
184 -- platform detection
185 -- 0 = UNKNOWN
186 -- 1 = OTHER
187 -- 2 = CM3 (norns)
219 _norns.reset = function()
220 os.execute("sudo systemctl restart norns-sclang.service")
221 os.execute("sudo systemctl restart norns-crone.service")
Lua
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41 print("shutting down audio...")
42 os.execute("sudo systemctl stop norns-jack.service") -- disable audio
43 print("clearing old updates...")
44 os.execute("sudo rm -rf /home/we/update/*") -- clear old updates
45 m.message = "downloading..."
Lua
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7 NB: norns/matron embed lua5.3 while the base os install only includes the lua5.1
8 interpreter. to test using lua5.3 as above run `sudo apt-get install lua5.3`
Markdown
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1 language: python
2 sudo: false
3
4 branches:
5 only: [main]
6
7 env:
8 - LUA="lua=5.3"
9
10 before_install:
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44 on linux manually install the following dependencies:
45 ```
46 sudo apt-get install cmake libncursesw5-dev libreadline-dev libnanomsg-dev
47 ```
48
49 on macOS ensure the XCode developer commandline tools are installed then manually install the following (via Homebrew):
Markdown
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