====== Compile and install wfdb to Ubuntu Karmic and Lucid 32 bits======
You can use sources or rpm packages. In this case, we use rpm packages and then they'll be converted in deb packages with alien.

**Step 1.** Create a folder where to save all downloaded packages

<code bash>
$ mkdir /tmp/wfdb
</code>

**Step 2.** Download the necesary packages from http://www.physionet.org/physiotools. You remember saving them inside /tmp/wfdb:

<code>
plt-2.4-3.i386.rpm
plt.i386.rpm
wfdb-10.5.3-1.i586.rpm
wfdb-app-10.5.3-1.i586.rpm 
wfdb-debuginfo-10.5.3-1.i586.rpm
wfdb-devel-10.5.3-1.i586.rpm 
wfdb-doc-10.5.3-1.i586.rpm 
wfdb-wave-10.5.3-1.i586.rpm
</code>

**Step 3.** It's necessary to install alien package to convert packages from rpm to deb and make the conversion:

<code bash>
$ sudo apt-get install alien
$ cd /tmp/wfdb
/tmp/wfdb$ sudo alien *.rpm
</code>

**Step 4.** It's necessary to install the indicated packages from the page http://www.physionet.org/physiotools/wfdb-linux-quick-start.shtml, before to continue:

<code bash>
/tmp/wfdb$ sudo apt-get install  libcurl4-openssl-dev libx11-dev xviewg-dev
</code>

**Step 5.** Install deb packages created from alien:

<code bash>/tmp/wfdb$ sudo alien *.rpm
/tmp/wfdb$ sudo dpkg -i --force-all *.deb
</code>

**Step 6.** Lastly, it's necessary to create a soft link:

<code bash>
$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libwfdb.so.10 /usr/lib/libwfdb.so
</code>

**Step 7.** Try wave:

<code bash>
$ wave -r mitdb/200 -a atr
</code>

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