Hello
the INSTALL textfile didn’t work on Gentoo Linux and i think there has to be the following steps to do
edit by user
~/.bashrc
# Put your fun stuff here.
#export PATH=$PATH:<path/to/dir>
#for example
export RACK_SYSTEM_DIR='/home/usr/Rack2Pro'
export XDG_DATA_HOME='/home/usr/.local/share'
next important part
copy or symlink
Rack2Pro/Rack
to /usr/bin
and
Rack2Pro/libRack.so
to /usr/lib64
that’s because a normal usr dir is not scanned for executeable files
or start in this way from bash
cd /home/USER/Rack2Pro && ./Rack
or digg deeper an declare somewhere that the system can find this executeable files
NEXT point
downloaded plugins are under ~/.Rack2 and the new Location ~/.local/… OKAY
BUT why are the saved Patches, selections, recordings in that directory ?
this is a hidden directories
I feel the same way about the .Rack2 directory. It’s a weird default for Linux to have a directory name start with a . when it contains the user’s documents (not just configuration settings like one would traditionally expect).
When I open a patch, I have to go into a hidden directory to find it, which slows me down, because I have to either manually type in the folder name or right-click in XFCE to enable “Show hidden files”.
However, it is possible to change the location of your user folder to anywhere you want, using the environment variable RACK_USER_DIR.
Patches, selections, and recordings are saved wherever you choose to save them, using the save dialog. If you want to save them elsewhere, simply navigate to your desired folder.