How to install Praat on CentOS7

Install dependencies

$ sudo yum install gtk2-devel pulseaudio-libs-devel alsa-lib-devel jack-audio-connection-kit-devel

Install gcc7

g++ requires --std=c++17 option

$ sudo yum --enablerepo=extras install centos-release-scl
$ sudo yum install devtoolset-7
$ scl enable devtoolset-7 bash

compile praat

$ git clone https://github.com/praat/praat.git
$ cd praat
$ cp makefiles/makefile.defs.linux.pulse ./makefile.defs
$ make