build VCV Prototype on windows

hidden_red_line · February 26, 2020, 6:43am

Hello fellow rackers,

I’m trying to build the Prototype module on windows 10. I have successfully built the Fundamental and Bidoo modules without any problems. However, when I try to build Prototype, I get this when I “make dep”:

hidde@DESKTOP-SQV58NJ MINGW64 ~/rack/plugins/VCV-Prototype
$ make dep
cd dep && wget -c "https://bitbucket.org/SpartanJ/efsw/get/e6afbec564e2.zip"
--2020-02-26 07:35:11--  https://bitbucket.org/SpartanJ/efsw/get/e6afbec564e2.zip
Resolving bitbucket.org (bitbucket.org)... 18.205.93.2, 18.205.93.0, 18.205.93.1, ...
Connecting to bitbucket.org (bitbucket.org)|18.205.93.2|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2020-02-26 07:35:11 ERROR 404: Not Found.

make: *** [Makefile:27: dep/lib/libefsw-static-release.a] Error 8

I did not forget to “pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-premake”, according to the github build instructions.

Any hints welcome,

qno · February 26, 2020, 7:14am

Hi, looks like the project was moved to github so the download of sources fails - HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found. You need to change at least the URL.

Vortico · February 26, 2020, 8:36am

Thanks, committed change. To update, git pull; git submodule update --init

hidden_red_line · February 26, 2020, 9:57am

Many Thanks!

But it still won’t build

Everything works fine until supercollider, which ends with:

CMake Error at server/scsynth/CMakeLists.txt:26 (message):
  Portaudio selected as audio API, but development files not found

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "C:/msys64/home/hidde/Rack/plugins/VCV-Prototype/dep/supercollider/build/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
make: *** [Makefile:118: dep/supercollider/build/lang/libsclang.a] Error 1

I’ve searched around, but can’t find this error anywhere else…

hidden_red_line · February 26, 2020, 10:31am

Wait a minute!

I actually made this change myself, like this (from original code, line 27-34);

	cd dep && $(WGET) "https://github.com/SpartanJ/efsw/archive/1.0.0.zip"
	cd dep && $(SHA256) 1.0.0.zip 9c6bb91f273fd7702bfdfc2f1f78b08e81f776d6d17b01d4542474103b564cda
	cd dep && $(UNZIP) 1.0.0.zip
	cd dep/efsw-1.0.0 && premake4 gmake
	cd dep/efsw-1.0.0 && $(MAKE) -C make/* config=release efsw-static-lib
	mkdir -p dep/lib dep/include
	cd dep/efsw-1.0.0 && cp lib/libefsw-static-release.a $(DEP_PATH)/lib/
	cd dep/efsw-1.0.0 && cp -R include/efsw $(DEP_PATH)/include/

which works until the supercollider error.

Now, when I updated (make clean, git pull, git update) and make dep, I get this:

$ make dep
cd dep/efsw && premake4 gmake
/bin/sh: line 0: cd: dep/efsw: No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:27: dep/lib/libefsw-static-release.a] Error 1

Just thought I’d let you know.

hidden_red_line · February 26, 2020, 11:15am

success!

Solving the supercollider/portaudio error just required “pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-portaudio”.

Haven’t tried to work with it yet, but at least it compiles fine,

Thanks again!

hidden_red_line · February 26, 2020, 9:06pm

Hmmm…

So, apparently I was too fast in celebrating. “make dep” will build dependencies fine, but when I try to “make” the actual plugin, I get this:

cd dep && git clone "https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider" --branch topic/vcv-prototype-support --depth 5
fatal: destination path 'supercollider' already exists and is not an empty directory.
make: *** [Makefile:113: dep/supercollider/build/lang/libsclang.a] Error 128

So, again, any hints welcome.

Also, sorry to bother you with noob quiestions, it would just be so nice to have Supercollider in Rack.

Coirt · February 26, 2020, 9:16pm

cd.. && make

hidden_red_line · February 26, 2020, 9:30pm

Well, I’m running “make” from within the VCV-Prototype folder.

If I cd .. && make, I just get:

$ cd .. && make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.

since there is no makefile present

Coirt · February 26, 2020, 9:32pm

Then how is it going to make??

hidden_red_line · February 26, 2020, 9:32pm

The makefile is in the VCV-Prototype folder.

First I “make dep”, which builds dependencies, then “make” to build the plugin.

Vortico · February 26, 2020, 10:10pm

The author of the SuperCollider backend hasn’t made a commit in a few months, so I’ve disabled the SuperCollider build. Whatever issue you’re having should no longer be relevant. Make sure your local repo is clean of your old edits and rebuild.

hidden_red_line · February 27, 2020, 4:39am

Ok, sad to hear that. Actually, SuperCollider was the reason why I wanted to build Prototype myself - apart from learning the build procedure. I mean, Lua & Javascript is already available in the prebuilt version in the library.

Also, it seems, it’s not far from building with SuperCollider, since make dep is working. I will check the GNU make manual and continue to try here, if I come up with something that works, I’ll let you know.

Vortico · February 27, 2020, 4:45am

I’m not sure why it was enabled actually. It wasn’t finished or ready for public testing.

hidden_red_line · February 27, 2020, 4:46am

Ok… but did you have it running?

Vortico · February 27, 2020, 4:46am

If by “running” you mean if I’ve ever tested Brian’s SuperColliderEngine, then no.

hidden_red_line · February 27, 2020, 4:50am

Well, SuperColliderEngine within Protototype, in this case.

I will still see what I can do…

Is python still being worked on?

Vortico · February 27, 2020, 5:01am

I’m the author of PythonEngine, and I always commit immediately after writing code, so you can look at the commit log to see when I last made a change to that file. Finishing it has a priority around #100.