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oxygen_wobble

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Registered: 2012-05-20

Posts: 129

LV2 Plugin GUIs not available anymore in recent packages (i.e. Calf)

Hi,

I noticed over the last week that quite a few LV2 plugins that I could use with their GUI suddenly don't have the GUI available anymore.

Two packages where I noticed this are Calf and EQ10Q.

In package version 0.90.8-3, I could see the custom plugin GUI in both Carla and Ardour.

Now, with version 0.90.8-5, neither Carla nor Ardour show the custom GUI anymore. I downgraded to 0.90.8-3, and they're back.

Not sure about the versions for EQ10Q but less than a month ago I was using the Equalizers in EQ mode with the GUI.

Does anybody have a hint what happened?

EDIT: Ok, found the reason at least: https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … -/issues/3

Not sure what to do about it because the plugins aren't all that practical to use without UI ... does that mean that I'll have to compile all plugins I want to use myself from now on if they use GTK2?

Best,
n

Last edited by oxygen_wobble (2025-11-08 19:09:23)

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: LV2 Plugin GUIs not available anymore in recent packages (i.e. Calf)

yes, maybe someone will upload *-gtk2 packages to aur .

calf with gtk2 holds the latest version in repos that did have gtk2 support.

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