Linux github action build can't find the output file

[mhhollomon]

No files were found with the provided path: /home/runner/work/Starp/Starp/build/Source/Starp_artefacts/Release/VST3/Starp.vst3/Contents/x86_64-win/Starp.so.
No artifacts will be uploaded.

[crshrprt]

Not sure if it can help since I never used github actions, but I noticed your artifact_path in .github/workflows/cmake.yml points to VST3/Starp.vst3/Contents/x86_64-win/Starp.so for the ubunut-latest build, while I guess it should be VST3/Starp.vst3/Contents/x86_64-linux/Starp.so. As a side note in Linux, at least, you need the full path to have a valid bundle recognized as such by different VST3 hosts/DAWs. If you want to publish a Linux release would be better to have a zip (or other compressed format) containing the whole Starp.vst3 folder. The content of that file should looks like this:

Starp.vst3/
└── Contents
    └── x86_64-linux
        └── Starp.so

[mhhollomon]

Thanks @crshrprt . That is useful info about VST3s on Linux.

What DAW are you using on Linux ? Ardour ? Linux Reaper ?

[crshrprt]

BespokeSynth mainly, sometimes Ardour.

[mhhollomon]

Nice! BespokeSynth looks like a great place to mine for ideas on the build system. Thanks!

Would you be willing to write a 1 or 2 paragraph install instruction for linux ?

[crshrprt]

It's just a matter of copying the resulting Starp.vst3 folder (from Starp/build/Source/Starp_artefacts/VST3/ or the release compressed file) into your ~/.vst3/ folder.

[mhhollomon]

Is there a system wide directory ? Like /usr/local/share/vst3 or something ?

[crshrprt]

There are two main paths for system wide installation: /usr/lib/vst3 when installed by the package manager /usr/local/lib/vst3 if installed by the user In both cases you need superuser privileges to create/copy files there.

[mhhollomon]

Fixed.