By default, the jamulus binary can function as: - Client with GUI (default mode, X and jackd must be running) - Server with GUI (-s option, only X must be running) - Headless server (-s and -n options, neither X nor jackd required) Even though the headless mode doesn't require a running X server, it still requires the Qt5 shared libraries. There's no way to compile jamulus without these. You can launch jamulus as either a client or a server with GUI from the desktop start menu. If you want to run a headless server, you'll have to either run it from the command line, or create a different launcher/shortcut for jamulus as a headless server (with -n option). If you want to run a headless server that starts at boot time (like a regular daemon), currently the best way to do this is to call it from /etc/rc.d/rc.local. There's no "daemon" option, so you'll have to background it with &, and redirect stdout/stderr somewhere (see also the -l option). Dedicated server only build ---------------------------- If you *really* want to build a dedicated jamulus server, you can do so by setting SERVERONLY=yes in the SlackBuild's environment. In this case, you can ignore the REQUIRES="jack" line in the .info file. The resulting jamulus binary will work only as a dedicated server. It wont't make sound nor accept audio input from your instrument, and it won't require X11 shared libraries (though it still does require Qt5 shared libs). It'll only be useful as a server, and it'll have to be run from the command line, or a shell script (won't show up in your desktop start menu). The *only* reason to ever do this is if you really *really* don't want to install jack for some reason. For those who want to complain that I shouldn't have listed jack as required: It *is* required, for the *normal* use case. Building without JACK support is a very specialized thing, not useful to the general population of users.