No, you don't have to install jackd - you can use ALSA by adding `-a alsa`
to your command line:
fluidsynth -a alsa /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 the-midi-file.mid
On Linux, Fluidsynth tries to use JACK by default, but you can specify any
of the options in the FluidSettings.xml file
Hello.
I just installed fluidsynth in a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 machine.
After that I tried the simplest test possible, play a midi file:
fluidsynth /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 the-midi-file.mid
But I get the following error:
exec of JACK server (command = "/usr/bin/jackd") failed: No such