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Tuesday 5 February 2013

How to install LMMS 0.4.14-rc1 with VST support on Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)

UPDATE 20130206: check out Tres' new tutorial which looks a little easier, where LMMS is build by a team called KXStudio.


INSTALL LMMS 0.4.14-rc1

Uninstall any LMMS version you might have already:
sudo apt-get remove lmms

If you've installed the irie/lmms PPA, then uninstall the PPA as well:
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:irie/lmms

If you don't have python-software-properties installed, then install it (so you can install a PPA):
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

Add the dns/sound PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dns/sound

Update apt:
sudo apt-get update

Install LMMS:
sudo apt-get install lmms

This PPA contains the latest development build.


INSTALL VST SUPPORT

Go here:
https://launchpad.net/~irie/+archive/lmms/+sourcepub/2331855/+listing-archive-extra

Download these files to e.g. ~/Downloads:
lmms-vst-full_0.4.13-0irie3~precise1_i386.deb
lmms_0.4.13-0irie3~precise1_amd64.deb

("~" is shorthand for your home directory, e.g. "/home/nickleus" )

For each file:
Right click > "Extract Here"

Now you'll have the following directories:
~/Downloads/lmms-vst-full_0.4.13-0irie3~precise1_i386
~/Downloads/lmms_0.4.13-0irie3~precise1_amd64


Set root ownership to the relevant VST files and copy them to /usr/lib64/lmms/:
cd ~/Downloads/lmms-vst-full_0.4.13-0irie3~precise1_i386/usr/lib/lmms
sudo chown root:root RemoteVstPlugin.exe.so
sudo chown root:root RemoteVstPlugin
sudo cp RemoteVstPlugin* /usr/lib64/lmms/


cd ~/Downloads/lmms_0.4.13-0irie3~precise1_amd64/usr/lib/lmms
sudo chown root:root libvestige.so
sudo chown root:root libvstbase.so
sudo chown root:root libvsteffect.so
sudo cp libvestige.so /usr/lib64/lmms/
sudo cp libvst* /usr/lib64/lmms/



CONFIGURE WINE

To use the VST support with Wine, you have to assign /usr/lib64/lmms to some drive letter using Wine configuration (winecfg)

Run this in a terminal:
winecfg

A Microsoft window will popup.
Choose the Drives tab
Click the Add button
(It suggested drive D: for me)
Choose an available drive, e.g. D:
Click the OK button

In the Path field enter the following text:
/usr/lib64/lmms

Click the main window's OK button

UPDATE 20130205: I wasn't sure if this "CONFIGURE WINE" part was needed or not (it was with the irie/lmms PPA), so I removed the D: drive in winecfg and LMMS still worked with VST, so it might not be necessary.

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Start LMMS with VST support! :)


***Special thanks to IRIE Shinsuke/Patrick Winnertz for all their work***

4 comments:

  1. Do you know how to install this on a 32 bit system?

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    1. just follow Tres' guide: http://tresdev.blogspot.no/2013/02/ubuntu-1210-x64-lmms-0414-rc1-with-vst.html

      it works for both 32 and 64-bit: https://launchpad.net/~kxstudio-team/+archive/ppa/+packages?field.name_filter=lmms&field.status_filter=published&field.series_filter=

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  2. Great how to, just when i needed it

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