How to install plugins

[Louigi Verona]

Hello guys!
I decided to install a vocoder plugin which I got from here (LADSPA version): http://www.sirlab.de/linux/download_vocoder.html

However, being new to linux, I have difficulties installing it. When I try to tar it, it gives errors and that such file is not found, although it is clearly there. When I untar it and try to do make or make install, it gives lots of "undeclared" stuff and nothing happens. Is there a simpler way to install plugins?

[studio32]

check whether the file is in your distro

not?

install unp

unp package

read readme + install files

check if there are errors and solutions for it

not? Post errors you got

[Louigi Verona]

Yeah, I downloaded the file myself. The install txt says I need ladspa installed or at least ladspa.h I though I did have ladspa since I am using a lot of ladspa plugins. Apparently not, since during install the errors are that variables and functions are undeclared.

[studio32]

if you don't copy/paste the messages you get, we can't help you

[Louigi Verona]

No problem, guys!

the folder was untared on the desktop. I went with the help of cd command into the vocoder folder and printed: make install. This is what the terminal said:

cc -I. -Wall -Werror -O3 -fPIC -o vocoder.o -c vocoder.c
ld -o vocoder.so vocoder.o -shared
mkdirhier /usr/local/lib/ladspa/
make: mkdirhier: Command not found
make: [install] Error 127 (ignored)
cp *.so /usr/local/lib/ladspa/
cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/lib/ladspa/': Is a directory
make: *** [install] Error 1

[Yeri]

No problem, guys!

the folder was untared on the desktop. I went with the help of cd command into the vocoder folder and printed: make install. This is what the terminal said:

cc -I. -Wall -Werror -O3 -fPIC -o vocoder.o -c vocoder.c
ld -o vocoder.so vocoder.o -shared
mkdirhier /usr/local/lib/ladspa/
make: mkdirhier: Command not found
make: [install] Error 127 (ignored)
cp *.so /usr/local/lib/ladspa/
cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/lib/ladspa/': Is a directory
make: *** [install] Error 1

It seems that your system doesn't find the 'mkdirhier' command.
Type the following command:
sudo apt-get install xutils-dev
... and try again with vocoder

Good luck,

Gerard

[raboof]

The install txt says I need ladspa installed or at least ladspa.h I though I did have ladspa since I am using a lot of ladspa plugins. Apparently not, since during install the errors are that variables and functions are undeclared.

Did you solve this by yourself yet?

If not: the .h files are not needed for running ladspa plugins, but they are needed for compiling. Because of that, they are often packaged in a separate '-dev' package. For example on Debian:

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arnouten@mintzer:~$ apt-file search ladspa.h
beast: /usr/include/bse/bseladspa.h
beast: /usr/include/bse/ladspa.h
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-doc: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-bad-plugins-0.10/gst-plugins-bad-plugins-plugin-ladspa.html
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good-doc: /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/gst-plugins-good-plugins-0.10/gst-plugins-good-plugins-plugin-ladspa.html
ladspa-sdk: /usr/include/ladspa.h
ladspa-sdk: /usr/share/doc/ladspa-sdk/ladspa.h.txt
libecasound2.2-dev: /usr/include/libecasound/audiofx_ladspa.h
tap-plugins: /usr/share/doc/tap-plugins/html/ladspa.html
arnouten@mintzer:~$ 

.. you need to install ladspa-sdk.

[Louigi Verona]

Luck!
I did use the apt-get thing and then the installation worked fine! Thanks Yeri! And everyone thx for helping out )