About Calf plugins installation

Still new to all of this? Feel free to post in any of the subforums on this site, but in this subforum newbie questions are especially encouraged!

Moderators: MattKingUSA, khz

Post Reply
Vardy
Established Member
Posts: 7
Joined: Mon May 03, 2021 7:45 pm
Location: Argentina
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 1 time

About Calf plugins installation

Post by Vardy »

Hello there, time for my first question I guess :)

I've downloaded Calf plugins, was gonna install them following the instructions (so far haven't had issues building from source, luckily), but then I found this below the instructions: "The example above is optimized for an i7 (make -j8). Edit -j to fit your amount of CPU cores". Does anyone know which "make -j" fits an i5?
User avatar
LAM
Established Member
Posts: 992
Joined: Thu Oct 08, 2020 3:16 pm
Has thanked: 140 times
Been thanked: 348 times

Re: About Calf plugins installation

Post by LAM »

It depends on how many cores do you have.

A quick way is to pass the nproc command as a subshell, like this:

Code: Select all

make -j$(nproc)

in mix, nobody can hear your screen

tramp
Established Member
Posts: 2335
Joined: Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:13 am
Has thanked: 9 times
Been thanked: 454 times

Re: About Calf plugins installation

Post by tramp »

Vardy wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 10:15 pm The example above is optimized for an i7 (make -j8).
Be aware that this is only a optimisation for the build process, means faster build. The -j option tells make how many parallel processes it could run. The resulting binary differ in now way from a binary build with just make.
On the road again.
Vardy
Established Member
Posts: 7
Joined: Mon May 03, 2021 7:45 pm
Location: Argentina
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 1 time

Re: About Calf plugins installation

Post by Vardy »

Ok, I got this message running autogen.sh:
configure: error: fluidsynth library not found
and I assume it quits the process since the following instructions won't work. Checked it out, and apparently I have the latest version of fluidsynth installed according to my system :/
User avatar
Michael Willis
Established Member
Posts: 1451
Joined: Mon Oct 03, 2016 3:27 pm
Location: Rocky Mountains, North America
Has thanked: 69 times
Been thanked: 164 times
Contact:

Re: About Calf plugins installation

Post by Michael Willis »

Vardy wrote: Sat May 08, 2021 2:05 pm Ok, I got this message running autogen.sh:
configure: error: fluidsynth library not found
You probably need the fluidsynth development package. If you're using Ubuntu or some other Debian-flavored Linux:

Code: Select all

sudo apt install libfluidsynth-dev
Vardy
Established Member
Posts: 7
Joined: Mon May 03, 2021 7:45 pm
Location: Argentina
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 1 time

Re: About Calf plugins installation

Post by Vardy »

Indeed, that was the issue. Now I've gone through all the indications, and when I try to execute install.sh it says "No input file specified". Any clues on this?
User avatar
TAERSH
Established Member
Posts: 455
Joined: Mon Feb 03, 2020 6:48 pm
Has thanked: 27 times
Been thanked: 21 times

Re: About Calf plugins installation

Post by TAERSH »

After compiling successful, just do a make install.
Vardy
Established Member
Posts: 7
Joined: Mon May 03, 2021 7:45 pm
Location: Argentina
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 1 time

Re: About Calf plugins installation

Post by Vardy »

Oh, already did that. That means they are already installed? Nice. I searched for a newly created directory but couldn't find it. Also, are they tagged as Calf-(name) or something, because nor reaper nor carla can find anything related to calf.
Edit: I do see that install created some thing in usr/local/share, but when I try to execute the "calf desktop" app in application, it says it cannot find the program clafjackhost. And when it comes to LV2s, I see none.
User avatar
TAERSH
Established Member
Posts: 455
Joined: Mon Feb 03, 2020 6:48 pm
Has thanked: 27 times
Been thanked: 21 times

Re: About Calf plugins installation

Post by TAERSH »

I never compiled Calf plugins from source.
Just downloading from repository.
Perhaps you might need to download the program calfjackhost from repository of your OS?
Don't know about Carla, but last time I tried Reaper, it wasn't able to use LV2 plugins.

Screenshot.jpg
Screenshot.jpg (164.8 KiB) Viewed 6677 times
Vardy
Established Member
Posts: 7
Joined: Mon May 03, 2021 7:45 pm
Location: Argentina
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 1 time

Re: About Calf plugins installation

Post by Vardy »

Yeah, got the same issue from repository as from source. Will try to download the LV2 pack and see what happens.

Edit: Oh, found there's just an apt install command to get them, heh. Maybe I misses those instructions on their site or they aren't there. Thank you guys for all!
Post Reply