Release Information

     Sound Ruler release types

     System requirements

Installation / Removal

     Windows stand alone

     Linux stand alone (.rpm or tar.gz)

     M-file scripts

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Sound Ruler release types

     There is currently one release of m-file scripts that is multi-platform, and several binary releases, for each platform. The binary standalone releases are faster than the script one and do not require Matlab to run. The script version alows the user to interact with the code.

     The end of the names of the downloads specify their type: windows, linux or osx are stand alone binaries, whereas scripts identifies the multi-platform m-file script version. In older releases, the script versions were also platform-specific and therefore had longer names, such as linux.scripts or windows.scripts.

System requirements

     Sound Ruler itself does not demand many resources, but sound analysis is very processor intensive. The more extensive and detailed your analyses are, the more you will benefit from a fast computer. Although Sound Ruler runs well in a Pentium 2 at 233 MHz, even an upgrade from a Pentium 4 at 1.7 GHz to a Pentium 4 at 2.4 GHz can produce pronounced reduction in analysis time.

Stand alone MSWindows version
     Pentium 100 (486 not tested yet)
     32 MB of RAM memory
     50 MB of free hard disk space

M-files script versions
     Matlab version 6.x
     5 MB of free hard disk space

 

Installation / Removal

Windows stand alone

Installation:
Do not install over a previous version. Uninstall the previous version first, or install the new one in another directory.
1- Download soundruler-0.9.x.x.windows.exe and double-click on it.
2- Follow the instructions on the screen.

Removal:
1- Go to Start-Settings-Control Panel-Add/Remove Programs.
2- Select SoundRuler from the list of programs.
If you saved files into the SoundRuler folder, this folder will not be deleted during the uninstall process.

Linux stand alone

For soundruler-x.x.x.linux.rpm
Installation:
1- su
2- cd folder_where_soundruler-x.x.x.linux.rpm_is
3- rpm -Uvh soundruler-x.x.x.linux.rpm

Removal:
1- su
2- rpm -e soundruler

For soundruler-x.x.x.linux.tar.gz
Installation:
1- su
2- tar -xvzf /path_where_it_is/soundruler-x.x.x.linux.tar.gz.
3- cd soundruler-x.x.x.
4- vi Makefile (to check if the paths in the file are ok for your system)
5- make install
6- type soundruler or sruler to run it as any user

Removal:
1- Delete SoundRuler's folder (/usr/share/soundruler).
2- Delete soundruler and sruler from /usr/bin.
3- Delete /usr/share/man/man1/soundruler.1.gz.
4- Delete /usr/share/man/pt_BR/man1/soundruler-pt_BR.1.gz.
5- Delete the line export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/matlablibspath/bin/glnx86 from the /home/yourusername/.bash_profile or /etc/profile file.

NOTE: The spec file for generation of RPMs is in soundruler-x.x.x.linux.tar.gz.

M-files script

Automatic setup (Windows only)
Installation:
1- unzip the SoundRuler files into a folder
2- open Matlab
3- enter cd foldername, where foldername is the folder where you put the SoundRuler files ex: cd 'c:\program files\soundruler'
4- enter Setupsruler
When done, enter sruler at Matlab's prompt to run SoundRuler

Manual setup
1- unzip the SoundRuler files into a folder
2- open Matlab
3- add the folder where you put the SoundRuler files and it's \help folder to Matlab's path or cd into it
4- run soundruler.m

What does the auto setup do? This is a clean installation. All it does is to place a sruler.m file in your matlab/work folder. The /work folder is in Matlabs path by default. Every time you type sruler, it adds the SoundRuler folder to Matlabs path and runs soundruler.

Removal:
1- Back up the files that you might have saved into the folder where you SoundRuler is installed.
2- Delete SoundRuler's folder.