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

$ mkdir /tmp/wfdb

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

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

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

$ sudo apt-get install alien
$ cd /tmp/wfdb
/tmp/wfdb$ sudo alien *.rpm

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:

/tmp/wfdb$ sudo apt-get install  libcurl4-openssl-dev libx11-dev xviewg-dev

Step 5. Install deb packages created from alien:

/tmp/wfdb$ sudo alien *.rpm
/tmp/wfdb$ sudo dpkg -i --force-all *.deb

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

$ sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libwfdb.so.10 /usr/lib/libwfdb.so

Step 7. Try wave:

$ wave -r mitdb/200 -a atr