Reaper on Solus

patidou

Hi ! Do any Solus users work on Reaper ? (podcasts, etc.)
I encounter some issues : during instal, and there during export sound (folders not found by the software) - and some bugs.
If I may suggest, do it be possible to integrate Reaper to the Lauch Software Center of Solus library ?
Thanks !

alfisya

patidou If I may suggest, do it be possible to integrate Reaper to the Lauch Software Center of Solus library ?

Well, Reaper is not FOSS and it is ultimately a paid software. We unfortunately cannot include that kind of software in repository. We do include a few proprietary softwares (discord, vivaldi, etc) in the repo but we got explicit permission to do so and all of them are a free to use software.

patidou Do any Solus users work on Reaper ? (podcasts, etc.)

I see a few users on forum says they use it but I myself don't. : )

hdansin

patidou I primarily use Ardour for podcast editing and some light music production, but I did try Reaper for a little while and was able to install it without any issues. The export worked fine for me, if I remember correctly. How did you install it?

There is a flatpak that you can install, but I believe the sh installer from their website is what I used and it worked.

infinitymdm

You can request a package be added to the Solus repository by completing this form: https://github.com/getsolus/packages/issues/new?template=request-new-package.yml

patidou

hdansin Hi 🙂
Initially, I worked on Reaper 7.34.

Install REAPER
[1] Install to /opt (in /opt/REAPER)

Currently running as root -- if you wish to do a user-local
install, please run this installer as a normal user.

Or, enter a path starting with / to install to that path.

Path to install [1,2, or /whatever]: /opt/REAPER

Would you like to add desktop integration for this install [Y/N]?: Y

Would you like to symlink /usr/local/bin/reaper to /opt/REAPER/REAPER/reaper [Y/N]?: Y

Confirm:
Copy files to: /opt/REAPER/REAPER

Perform desktop integration for /opt/REAPER/REAPER/reaper

Symlink /usr/local/bin/reaper to /opt/REAPER/REAPER/reaper

Proceed with installation [Y/N]?: Y
REAPER installer -- install to /opt/REAPER

Cleaning up destination... done
Copying files... done
Writing uninstall script to /opt/REAPER/REAPER/uninstall-reaper.sh
Creating symlink from /opt/REAPER/REAPER/reaper to /usr/local/bin/reaper...ln: impossible de créer le lien symbolique '/usr/local/bin/reaper': Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce nom

Installing desktop integration...xdg-desktop-menu: No writable system menu directory found.
which: no kbuildsycoca5 in (/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin)
which: no kbuildsycoca4 in (/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin)
done

There is some txt in french but I put the "weird things" in bold-italic

I test the last version today - same problems :/

And no Render possible :/

Maybe may you share your alternative script-part to compare ? Thanks you very much !

qk4-li3

patidou Hello, this is not exactly what you are asking, but would this help?

Desktop integration: Could/would you try this method if it works for you, I just did it myself and it integrated reaper fine? Previously I just ran reaper "uninstalled" or "portable".
Download correct version (usually, the first download option in the list, normal pc)
extract the file to the location you want it to "live". For example I have it at my home directory in a folder called DAW: ~/DAW/REAPER/reaper_linux_x86_64/
run install-reaper.sh script and when prompted choose option A, which chooses to integrate reaper from that location.
Rendering problems: Could this be the classic RTFM- problem (ReadTheF...ingManual)? I have no experience with Region render matrix- rendering, so are you sure everything is correctly set up? Perhaps some tutorial videos by Kenny Gioia could be helpful?
Sorry I can't think anything else at the moment. Good luck.

hdansin

patidou Hi. I'm not sure how I can help. It's hard to tell from the script. My best guess is that it does not have permission to make a symlink to opt/REAPER, or the directory doesn't exist. Maybe you could try reinstalling and telling it not to create the symlink.

So this line would be: Would you like to symlink /usr/local/bin/reaper to /opt/REAPER/REAPER/reaper [Y/N]?: N

I used the install script from the Linux Download section at this link. Just download, extract to a folder (I keep third party programs in ~/Applications), and then run install-reaper.sh). I am sorry if you know all this already. Just trying to be as clear as possible.

What error are you specifically trying to fix? Does it start to render? Does it give you an error message when you attempt it?

It may also be worth trying the Flatpak version (can install flatpaks from Gnome Software if on Budgie/Gnome or KDE Discover if on KDE).

patidou

Thanks @hdansin @qk4-li3 🙂
I've tried differents things as you indicated but there is nothing solved :/
REAPER Mania is a good chanel thanks !
I'll try on an other distrib :cry: