help with the installation :(

[Marlon]

Hello!
I am a former Windows / Mac User and created a lot of music in the past.
I am also a Jazz / Metal Drummer an now want to give Ubuntu Linux, Ardour and DrumGizmo a try.
Unfortunately, I am not able to install the program.
I already installed Ardour with success. But the DrumGizmo program is somehow tricky to get it running.

I get following error message (sorry, unfortunately pieces of it are in german) after the "make install":

checking dynamic linker characteristics... (cached) GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no
checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes
checking whether CXX supports -std=c++11... yes
checking whether 'override' and 'final' keywords are supported... yes
checking whether CXX supports -ffloat-store... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.23... yes
checking whether linker supports '-Wl,-no-undefined'... no
checking whether linker supports '-Wl,-undefined,error'... yes
*** Building with nls support!
checking for xgettext... no
configure: error: Missing xgettext tool.
make: *** Es wurden keine Ziele angegeben und keine „make“-Steuerdatei gefunden. Schluss.
make: *** Keine Regel, um „install“ zu erstellen. Schluss.

Do you know what to do now?
Best regards,
Marlon

[erlkönig]

configure: error: Missing xgettext tool.

You have to install that.

...but why are you building it by yourself? I'm not in Ubuntu, but can't you install DrumGizmo via the repo?

[Impostor]

Or simply use the plugin version?

I often just extract the lv2 or the .so vst from an installer of a plugin to throw into my plugin folder. This does not always work though: sometimes I do need to install it properly.

PS: you can get a lot of plugins from https://kx.studio/Repositories:Plugins

[Marlon]

... I just followed the instructions on the Drumgizmo page.
Installation procedure looks quite complicated.
xgettool. I take a look. Thx.

[Marlon]

I just solved the problem by installing Reaper!
Drumgizmo seems to work there.
Tomorrow I am going to download a drumkit and then I will know for sure.