Re: [Linuxsampler-devel] 2.4.0 and 2.3.1 Releases not working on MacOS

[Christian S. <sch...@li...>]

On Tuesday, June 3, 2025 8:53:36 PM CEST TJ Lindgren via Linuxsampler-devel wrote:
> Has anyone tested Linuxsampler with a recent version of MacOS? I cannot get
> LinuxSampler working at all. Obviously, it’s not apple silicon but there
> are several issues preventing LinuxSampler from working it seems.
> 
> - When loading the VST plugin, it is trying to open Fantasia as it does on
> Windows. However, Fantasia is using a very old version of Java that cannot
> run in MacOS so Fantasia cannot open. There used to be a workaround to use
> an older version of JavaApplicationStub, however the version used for
> Fantasia seems to be deprecated on recent versions of MacOS.
> 
> 
> 
> - The AU plugin does not load at all. This includes versions previous to
> 2.4.0 as well as the most recent 2.4.0 release.
> 
> 
> 
> - Both the VST and AU plugins do not scan correctly in several hosts. For
> example, the VST scans correctly in Reaper but not the AU. In Plogue
> Bidule, neither the VST or AU scan. In MainStage/Logic (AU support only)
> the AU does not scan.
> 
> - QSampler requires libgig.10.dylib even though libgig.11.dylib was
> installed for previous versions (2.3.1)  and libgig.12.dylib for the most
> recent version (2.4.0). So in order to open QSampler, you have to symlink
> the libgig file and rename it to libgig.10.dylib.

Mja, confirmed. The Mac installer actually ships an ancient version of
QSampler and liblscp. This issue exists since the transition of liblscp/
QSampler from autoconf to CMake.

I guess the same applies to the Windows installer.

The thing is, the binaries are automatically built on our server. Once they
are (re)built, they have to be installed into a specific directory on our
server for the Mac/Win installer scripts to grab them up.

The problem I have is, I don't see an obvious way how to output where cmake is
installing to, or how exactly. I tried the only documented way which is

	cmake --install build --verbose

But that does not output anything more than without --verbose.

Rui, you don't have a clue either, right?

BTW the auto built binaries look fine. QSampler is correctly linked to latest
libgig etc. So it is really just the cmake --install step on server that's
flawed.

/Christian