Installing LMMS on Windows

The Windows operating system comes in several flavors. The versions of Windows operating system that LMMS is compatible with are the following:

Windows is installed from a factory CD. Windows versions come in both 32 and 64 bit. 64-bit applications have a lot more power than 32-bit applications. This is essentially because the application can access more RAM more efficiently. 64-bit operating systems give applications the ability to access more than 4 GB of RAM. If your operating system has 64-bit capability, I highly recommend it. LMMS runs beautifully in 32-bit as well, so if you are currently working in 32-bit, you'll still have a lot of power.

Windows 7 can be installed as either a 64 or 32 bit platform. To find out which you are running, click the Start button in the lower-left of the screen. Then go to Control Panel | System Maintenance, and click System. You can view the system type here.

Installing LMMS is very easy. Make sure to choose either 32-bit or 64-bit from the lmms.sourceforge.net site.

The downloaded installer from lmms.sourceforge.net will simply install the application and it will be located in your Programs folder.

Installing LMMS on Linux

LMMS was born on Linux! Linux is a free operating system that is very popular as an alternative to Apple and Windows platforms. Linux also comes in many flavors. I would suggest checking out Ubuntu. The download for Ubuntu can be found here:

http://www.ubuntu.com/download

You will need to burn this installer to CD, run it from a memory stick, or you can even run Linux inside Windows. Nothing like having your cake and eating it too!

Installing LMMS on the Linux platform is detailed here:

http://www.linuxmusicmaker.com/2011/07/easy-install-lmms-0412-using-ppa-on.html

Installing LMMS on Mac OS X 10.6 and above

For those of us who would like to try LMMS on OS X:

The OS X version is currently 4.1.0 and is fairly stable. It is a port, however, and is not available directly from the folks at lmms.sourceforge.net. Use at your own risk!

To install LMMS, simply drag the downloaded application to your applications folder.