Plugins need to be patched with patchelf in order to be able to run inside Bitwig Studio 5.2.3 (Flatpak)

[amadeusp]

Steps:

1. Install the plugins from https://arborealaudioinstallers.s3.amazonaws.com/pimax/PiMax-linux.tar.xz (btw: the Factory presets are missing in that package!) by moving them to ~/.clap/Arboreal\ Audio/, ~/.vst/Arboreal\ Audio/ and ~/.vst3/Arboreal\ Audio/.
2. Open Bitwig Studio 5.2.3 (Flatpak)
3. The plugins will not load and Bitwig Studio will report e.g. for the VST3 version of the plugin com.bitwig.flt.library.metadata.reader.exception.CouldNotReadMetadataException: could not read metadata: Failed to load VST 3 plug-in /home/amadeus/.vst3/Arboreal Audio/PiMax.vst3: libcurl-gnutls.so.4: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Workaround

One needs to patch the plugins with patchelf and

patchelf --replace-needed libcurl-gnutls.so.4 libcurl.so.4 ~/.vst/Arboreal\ Audio/libPiMax.so &&
patchelf --replace-needed libcurl-gnutls.so.4 libcurl.so.4 ~/.vst3/Arboreal\ Audio/PiMax.vst3/Contents/x86_64-linux/PiMax.so &&
patchelf --replace-needed libcurl-gnutls.so.4 libcurl.so.4 ~/.clap/Arboreal\ Audio/PiMax.clap

Expected behavior

The plugins would work right away, without patching them.

System information

• OS: Manjaro Linux x86_64
• Kernel: Linux 6.10.6-10-MANJARO
• Display (VP32UQ): 3840x2160 @ 60 Hz in 32″ [External]
• DE: GNOME 46.4
• WM: Mutter (Wayland)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X (24) @ 4.67 GHz
• GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 [Discrete]
• GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 [Discrete]
• Memory: 6.85 GiB / 62.71 GiB (11%)
• Disk (/): 453.81 GiB / 1.76 TiB (25%) - ext4
• Locale: en_US.UTF-8
• Audio interface: RME UFX (class compliant mode)
• DAW: Bitwig Studio 5.2.3 (Flatpak) (plugin loading mode: "By Plug-in")