How to Install Radium on NetBSD

In this tutorial, we'll walk through the process of installing Radium on NetBSD. Radium is a powerful software for creating electronic music; it is also designed to work with other protocols like MIDI and OSC.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

Radium has a few dependencies that need to be installed. We'll use the NetBSD's package manager, pkgin, to install them.

1. Open the terminal on your NetBSD system.
2. Run the following command to update the package list: sudo pkgin update
3. Run sudo pkgin install gmake libcurl libuv cmake qt5
4. Wait for the packages to download and install.

Step 2: Clone Radium from GitHub

1. Open the terminal on your NetBSD system again.
2. Clone the Radium repository from GitHub using the following command: git clone https://github.com/Zibbp/Radium.git
3. Change to the newly created directory: cd Radium/

Step 3: Build Radium

1. In the same terminal window, run mkdir build && cd build.
2. Run cmake .. to configure Radium.
3. Run make to build Radium; this may take a while.
4. Once the build process is complete, run sudo make install.

Step 4: Run Radium

1. Open the terminal on your NetBSD system again.
2. Type the following command to run Radium: radium

Conclusion

Now you have Radium installed and ready to go on your NetBSD system! With this software, you can create electronic music using advanced features like MIDI and OSC protocols.

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