[openSuse Leap 42.2] missing VST support

[musician]

I added a link to this thread to the mail I sent them, so that they can check here for further details.

And I won't hurry them. Too cool that we can use all the stuff for free and that they are even open for communication. So they shall take the time they need to look into the matter. The timeline you suggested seems appropriate to me.

[musikbear]

I added a link to this thread to the mail I sent them, so that they can check here for further details.

I will be very interested in the solution, and will add it to wiki, so please post it here. We desperately need something that will work for all linux, but thats properly just a pipedream

[Gps]

I added a link to this thread to the mail I sent them, so that they can check here for further details.

I will be very interested in the solution, and will add it to wiki, so please post it here. We desperately need something that will work for all linux, but thats properly just a pipedream

One of my big frustrations as a Linux fan.

There are certain rules, and if all distro's would follow these rules, it would be much easier to make Linux programs, that will run on all distro's.

Ubuntu seems to be one of worst ones. ( doing stuff their way )

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Standard_Base

The Linux Standard Base (LSB) is a joint project by several Linux distributions under the organizational structure of the Linux Foundation to standardize the software system structure, including the filesystem hierarchy used in the Linux operating system. The LSB is based on the POSIX specification, the Single UNIX Specification (SUS), and several other open standards, but extends them in certain areas.

According to the LSB:

The goal of the LSB is to develop and promote a set of open standards that will increase compatibility among Linux distributions and enable software applications to run on any compliant system even in binary form. In addition, the LSB will help coordinate efforts to recruit software vendors to port and write products for Linux Operating Systems.

While the LSB is a standard and without a competitor, it is followed only by few Linux distributions. For instance, only 21 distribution releases (versions) are certified for LSB version 4.0, notably Red Flag Linux Desktop 6.0, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0, SUSE Linux Enterprise 11, and Ubuntu 9.04 (jaunty);[11] even fewer are certified for version 4.1.

The LSB has been criticized for not taking input from projects, most notably the Debian project, outside the sphere of its member companies.

Debian strived to comply with the LSB, but with many limitations.[19] However, this effort ceased around July 2015 due to lack of interest and workforce inside the project.[20] In September 2015, the Debian project confirmed that while support for Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) would continue, support for LSB had been dropped.[21] Ubuntu followed Debian in November 2015.[22]

[musician]

I just sent a friendly reminder to the packman crew.

[Skrachen]

Hi !

I'm new to LMMS, and I have exactly the same problem on Kubuntu.
I can't find the VeSTige plugin, and when I try to drag'n drop a .dll to the song editor I have the same error message

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The plugin "" wasn't found or could not be loaded!
Reason: "Cannot load library /usr/bin/../lib64/lmms/: (/usr/bin/../lib64/lmms/: cannot read file data: Is a directory)"

, so I'm interested to know if there's a solution

I have (K)ubuntu 16.04 and LMMS 1.1.3, and wine is installed.
I already searched on the web and tried several solutions but none of them worked.

PS: I started using Linux only a few months ago

[musikbear]

Hi !
I'm new to LMMS,

Welcome to the forum Skrachen! Here are all our important links:
http://lmms.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4740
-And a few rules for Avatars, signatures, posting and using the right sub-forum :)

when I try to drag'n drop a .dll to the song editor

If you do like you wrote here, then you do it wrong! You need to load VST-dll into the VST-instrument
Read this:
https://lmms.io/wiki/index.php?title=Working_with_VSTs

[Gps]

I just sent a friendly reminder to the packman crew.

Good.

[Gps]

Hi !

I'm new to LMMS, and I have exactly the same problem on Kubuntu.
I can't find the VeSTige plugin, and when I try to drag'n drop a .dll to the song editor I have the same error message

Code: Select all

The plugin "" wasn't found or could not be loaded!
Reason: "Cannot load library /usr/bin/../lib64/lmms/: (/usr/bin/../lib64/lmms/: cannot read file data: Is a directory)"

, so I'm interested to know if there's a solution

I have (K)ubuntu 16.04 and LMMS 1.1.3, and wine is installed.
I already searched on the web and tried several solutions but none of them worked.

PS: I started using Linux only a few months ago

You probably need to talk to the Ubuntu people who build the lmms package.
Because I am on opensuse, I have no idea who those guys are.

Maybe you can find out through an ubuntu forum?

[hbree]

Hi guys,

I'm having the same trouble as you do. But what I did just to get it working is the following.



1. Complete removed lmms (including local config files) just te be on the sure site of things.
2. Downloaden the LMMS.RPM package from packman but instead of downloading the version for opensuse leap 42.2 I've downloaden the leap 42.1 version via http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packm ... x86_64.rpm
3. Installed via file (Dubble click)

Now the VeSTige plugin works.

I've also tried upgraded from package manager but then VeSTige isn't working anymore.
This is not a perfect solution but for now I can use VST plugins again.


---Update.
I've been goofing around on my system and i found that you don't have to uninstall and reinstall via the downloaded RPM file.
You can extract the RPM file and just copy the following files to /usr/lib64/lmms/

RemoteVstPlugin RemoteVstPlugin.exe.so libvestige.so libvstbase.so libvsteffect.so

command would be : sudo cp RemoteVstPlugin RemoteVstPlugin.exe.so libvestige.so libvstbase.so libvsteffect.so /usr/lib64/lmms

I've read (somewhere is this topic) about carla plugins as well. It apears that these files are in the downloaded RPM as well so maybe worth checking out if someone still needs it.

note : if you update your system, you probably need to recopy the files again.

---Update 2.
LMMS is currently crashing when I load VST plugins. See if I can work around that as well.

[musikbear]

Hi guys

Hi, Welcome to the forum hbree ! Here are all our important links:
http://lmms.io/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4740
-And a few rules for Avatars, signatures, posting and using the right sub-forum :)

to get it working is the following.

:

LMMS is currently crashing when I load VST plugins. See if I can work around that as well.

I read this as : It stil does not work. That is frustrating. I hope you will keep us updated, if you make any discoveries, however, it does matters which VST you are trying. Have you tried one of the VSTs that has been tested and is known to work?
https://lmms.io/wiki/index.php?title=Tested_VSTs
The simplest to test could be MDApiano