<> ||<>|| Sometimes you download a Sound''''''Font and it is compressed as a .sfArk or a .sfpack file. This page shows you how to de-compress these files. === Decompressing .sfArk Files === You can extract .sfArk files using the command-line application called {{{sfarkxtc}}}. First, download and extract the utility: {{{ cd ~/Studio/SoundFonts/ mkdir sfark cd sfark wget http://falcony.googlecode.com/files/sfarkxtc_lx86.tar.gz tar -xzf sfarkxtc_lx86.tar.gz }}} You will also require the older libstdc++5, so install that: {{{sudo apt-get install libstdc++5}}} Now, change to your Sound''''''Fonts directory, and then extract all of the .sfArk files. {{{ cd ~/Studio/SoundFonts/ for i in *.sf[Aa]rk ; do sfark/sfarkxtc "$i" && rm "$i" ; done }}} That's all there is to it! === Decompressing .sfpack Files === Unfortunately, we don't know of a way to extract these SFPack compressed Sound``Font files in Linux without resorting to Wine. Download the [[http://www.personalcopy.com/sfpack.htm|SFPack Win32]] utility, and put it in its own directory. cd ~/Studio/Sound``Fonts/ wget ftp://ftp.personalcopy.net/pub/SFPack.zip unzip SFPack.zip rm SFPack.zip Install Wine, if you haven't got it installed already. sudo apt-get install wine You will need to configure it so that you have access to your ~/Studio/Sound``Fonts directory, or anywhere higher up than this. winecfg I recommend you add a drive letter specifically for your ~/Studio directory. After this, launch the SFPack utility: wine sfpack/SFPACK.EXE * Click on the '''Add Files''' button. * Select '''SFPack Files (*.SFPack)''' from the Files of Type dropdown. * Browse to find your .sfpack file. * Double-click on it. * Finally, click on the '''Go!''' button on the toolbar. Once this is complete, you will have the uncompressed file in the same directory as the .sfpack file.