| Port details on branch 2026Q3 |
- jack Low latency audio server
- 1.9.22_3 audio
 =81      1.9.22_3Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch. - Maintainer: dev@submerge.ch
- Port Added: 2004-03-09 20:28:22
- Last Update: 2026-06-05 19:53:59
- Commit Hash: a4d32cd
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- License: GPLv2 LGPL21
- WWW:
- https://jackaudio.org/
- Description:
- JACK Audio Connection Kit (or JACK) is a professional sound server API and pair
of daemon implementations to provide real-time, low-latency connections for
both audio and MIDI data between applications.
This provides the JACK server and libraries, example clients and tools are
distributed separately now.
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- Manual pages:
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- pkg-plist: as obtained via:
make generate-plist - USE_RC_SUBR (Service Scripts)
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- Dependency lines:
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- To install the port:
- cd /usr/ports/audio/jack/ && make install clean
- To add the package, run one of these commands:
- pkg install audio/jack
- pkg install jackit
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.- PKGNAME: jackit
- Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
- distinfo:
- TIMESTAMP = 1744074843
SHA256 (jackaudio-jack2-v1.9.22_GH0.tar.gz) = 1e42b9fc4ad7db7befd414d45ab2f8a159c0b30fcd6eee452be662298766a849
SIZE (jackaudio-jack2-v1.9.22_GH0.tar.gz) = 933448
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- Dependencies
- NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
- Build dependencies:
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- pkgconf>=1.3.0_1 : devel/pkgconf
- python3.11 : lang/python311
- Test dependencies:
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- python3.11 : lang/python311
- Runtime dependencies:
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- py311-dbus>0 : devel/py-dbus@py311
- python3.11 : lang/python311
- Library dependencies:
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- libsamplerate.so : audio/libsamplerate
- libsysinfo.so : devel/libsysinfo
- libdbus-1.so : devel/dbus
- libexpat.so : textproc/expat2
- libopus.so : audio/opus
- This port is required by:
- for Build
-
- audio/carla
- emulators/rpcs3
- emulators/yuzu
- mail/thunderbird
- mail/thunderbird-esr
- multimedia/qmmp-qt5
- multimedia/qmmp-qt6
-
Deleted ports which required this port:
- for Libraries
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- audio/a2jmidid
- audio/aeolus
- audio/amsynth
- audio/ardour
- audio/aubio
- audio/bespokesynth
- audio/bristol
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Deleted ports which required this port:
- for Run
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- audio/cadence
- audio/carla
- multimedia/shotcut
- multimedia/shotcut-qt6
Configuration Options:- ===> The following configuration options are available for jackit-1.9.22_3:
ALSA=off: ALSA audio architecture support
DBUS=on: D-Bus IPC system support
OPUS=on: Opus audio codec support
PROFILING=off: Build with profiling information
SOSSO=off: Build new OSS driver backend (sosso library)
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
- Options name:
- audio_jack
- USES:
- compiler:c11 cpe localbase pkgconfig python shebangfix waf
- pkg-message:
- The new JACK server comes with a DBUS control interface:
$ jack_control help
$ jack_control ds oss
$ jack_control dp
$ jack_control dps rate 48000
$ jack_control dps wordlength 16
$ jack_control dps capture /dev/dsp0
$ jack_control dps playback /dev/dsp0
$ jack_control eps realtime False
$ jack_control start
To use real-time priority for JACK server and clients, load the mac_priority(4)
module and add the JACK user to the realtime group.
Memory locking has to be allowed in /etc/login.conf or ~/.login_conf. Set the
resource limit ":memorylocked=unlimited:" and don't forget to run
# cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf
It's still possible to start JACK server as an RC service for a dedicated user.
Note that only one JACK server can be run at a time. An /etc/rc.conf example:
jackd_enable="YES"
jackd_user="joe"
jackd_args="--no-realtime -doss -r48000 -p1024 -w16 \
--capture /dev/dsp0 --playback /dev/dsp0"
Official JACK example clients and tools are available as jack-example-tools.
JACK 1.9.22 introduces a latency correction fix.
Latency correction parameters have to be measured again after an update.
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