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# Building and installing SonoBus on GNU/Linux

Follow these steps in order to build (and install) SonoBus on GNU/Linux.

### Open the `linux` folder

```
cd linux
```

### Installing build dependencies

To build SonoBus you'll need to install the necessary development dependencies.

If you're using Debian or a Debian-based distro like Ubuntu, run this script:
If you're using Debian or Ubuntu, run this script:

```
./deb_get_prereqs.sh
```

On Fedora run this script:
If you're using Fedora, run this script:

```
./fedora_get_prereqs.sh
```
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### Building
Run the build script, both the standalone application and the VST3 plugin will be built:

```
./build.sh
```
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When the build finishes, the executable will be at
`../build/SonoBus_artefacts/Release/sonobus`. You can install it
and the VST3 plugins by running the install script:

```
sudo ./install.sh
```

It defaults to installing in /usr/local, but if you want to install it
elsewhere, just specify the base directory as the first argument on the commandline of the script.

### Uninstalling
If you wish to uninstall you can run the uninstall script:

```
sudo ./uninstall.sh
```