Debian9

Synthetic howto install rd3 on Debian9 (Stretch) :

get rivendell sources

wget https://github.com/ElvishArtisan/rivendell/releases/download/v3.0.3/rivendell-3.0.3.tar.gz
tar xf rivendell-3.0.3.tar.gz
cd rivendell-3.0.3

or from git sources, with master branch for example :

sudo apt install git
git clone -b master https://github.com/ElvishArtisan/rivendell.git
cd rivendell
sudo apt install libtool m4 automake pkg-config
./autogen.sh

compile rivendell

sudo apt install make gcc g++
sudo apt install libssh-dev libsamplerate0-dev libsndfile1-dev libcdparanoia-dev libid3-3.8.3-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libpam0g-dev libsoundtouch-dev libasound2-dev libflac++-dev libmp4v2-dev libmad0-dev libtwolame-dev libmp3lame-dev libfaad-dev
sudo apt install libqt4-dev libexpat1-dev libtag1-dev
sudo apt install libjack-jackd2-dev
export PATH=/sbin:$PATH (since runuser is required)
./configure --libexecdir=/var/www/rd-bin --sysconfdir=/etc/apache2/conf-available
sudo apt install docbook-xsl fop xsltproc
export DOCBOOK_STYLESHEETS=/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/docbook-xsl
make

or if you don't want to compile the docs :

./configure --libexecdir=/var/www/rd-bin --sysconfdir=/etc/apache2/conf-available --disable-docbook
make

during this time...

prepare web server

sudo apt install apache2
sudo a2enmod cgid
systemctl restart apache2

prepare mysql server

sudo apt install mysql-server
sudo mysql
> create database Rivendell;
> grant Select, Insert, Update, Delete, Create, Drop, References, Index, Alter, Create Temporary Tables, Lock Tables on Rivendell.* to rduser@'%' identified by 'letmein';
> \q

This may not be required, but I previously had to use it :

sudo mysql_secure_installation 
sudo mysql -uroot
> update mysql.user set plugin= where user='root';
> flush privileges;
> \q

arf ! it is "plugin=quote+empty_string+quote" but mediawiki can't let me write it..

prepare os

sudo adduser --system --group --home=/var/snd rivendell
sudo adduser bob rivendell
sudo chmod g+w /var/snd

ok, let's continue when the "make" made its job..

install rivendell

sudo make install
sudo ldconfig (or you'll get an error message about librd-3.0.3.so)

install (and edit !) the configuration file

sudo cp conf/rd.conf-sample /etc/rd.conf

apache conf and restart :

sudo a2enconf rd-bin
systemctl reload apache2

database initalization :

sudo rddbmgr --create --generate-audio

or if updating :

sudo rddbmgr --modify

sound config (or edit /etc/asound.conf)

sudo rdalsaconfig

rivendell conf (if needed)

rdadmin

starting rivendell service :

systemctl start rivendell
rdairplay \o/

to run rivendell at boot :

systemctl enable rivendell