fix the vital-synth derivation (use autoPatchelfHook)

derivations/vital-synth/default.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
-{ stdenv , fetchurl, alsa-lib, freetype, glib, glibc, libcurl-gnutls, libgl, libglvnd, libsecret }:
+# Damn I hate this style
+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchurl
+, dpkg
+, autoPatchelfHook
+, alsa-lib
+, freetype
+, gcc
+, glib
+, glibc
+, curlWithGnuTls
+, libGL
+, libglvnd
+, libsecret
+}:
 
 # Adapted from https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/PKGBUILD?h=vital-synth
 # Example https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/audio/bitwig-studio/bitwig-studio4.nix
@@ -17,11 +32,15 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha512 = "829d29a0c41ac9f79ca6d069e2e4f404a501abdcdc487fbb4e1e8afd44bf870c6c41095587c98f810fb946d946179468f8d5f417e67785313152a1613cf4a832";
   };
 
-  # - wrapGAppsHook will add the applications share directory to XDG_DATA_DIRS
-  #   It is also used to populate many environment variables related to icon themes etc.
-  # - makeWrapper allows to add environment variables and other stuff to the application, like a closure
-  # TODO: Is wrapGAppsHook needed?
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ dpkg makeWrapper wrapGAppsHook ];
+  # autoPatchelfHook patches the binary to use the dynamic loader and "tells it" where all the libraries are that
+  # the program wants to dynamically load at runtime.
+  # This is necessary because NixOS doesn't have the linux typical static location where these libraries are placed,
+  # so the binary needs the correct paths to the nix store for each one.
+  # autoPatchelfHook propagates all the buildInputs so they are available at runtime.
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    dpkg
+    autoPatchelfHook
+  ];
 
   # We downloaded a .deb file, unpack it to root = [ usr/bin usr/lib usr/share ]
   unpackCmd = ''
@@ -29,64 +48,27 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     dpkg-deb -x $curSrc root
   '';
 
+  # This is already built
   dontBuild = true;
-  dontWrapGApps = true; # we only want $gappsWrapperArgs here
 
   # From AUR pkgbuild:
   # depends=('alsa-lib>=1.0.16' 'freetype2>=2.2.1' 'gcc-libs' 'gcc>=3.3.1' 'glib2>=2.12.0' 'glibc>=2.17'
   #          'libcurl-gnutls>=7.16.2' 'libgl' 'libglvnd' 'libsecret>=0.7')
-  # TODO: Verify every single dependency
   buildInputs = [
-    alsa-lib freetype glib glibc libcurl-gnutls libgl libglvnd libsecret stdenv.cc.cc.lib
+    alsa-lib freetype gcc.cc.lib gcc.cc glib glibc curlWithGnuTls libGL libglvnd libsecret
   ];
 
+  # TODO: Somehow/somehwere (in HomeManager?) we need to make a link to ~/.vst3
+
   # Copy the contents of the .deb package to the $out directory that nix creates for built derivations
   # Very simple as the vital .deb has a very basic format (only [ usr/bin usr/lib usr/share ])
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
-
+    mkdir -p $out
     cp -r usr/* $out/
     chmod +x $out/bin/vital
-
     runHook postInstall
   '';
-  # This was also in the bitwig-studio example but I don't think it is needed as the .desktop
-  # file doesn't contain absolute paths to the executable.
-  # Also it probably requires that the .desktop file isn't already in $out/share/applications,
-  # but I copied it there already by copying all the contents from usr/
-  # substitute usr/share/applications/vital.desktop \
-  #   $out/share/applications/vital.desktop \
-  #   --replace /usr/bin/vital $out/bin/vital
-
-  # This is taken from the bitwig-studio example and I don't fully understand it...
-  # Basically the output path is searched for executables, these are then pached/linked with the
-  # needed libraries. These libraries are then provided through the LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-  postFixup = ''
-    # Find all executables that should be patched
-    find $out -type f -executable \
-      -not -name '*.so.*' \
-      -not -name '*.so' \
-
-    while IFS= read -r f ; do
-      # I don't exactly understand this, have to read up on patchelf
-      patchelf --set-interpreter "${stdenv.cc.bintools.dynamicLinker}" $f
-
-      wrapProgram $f \
-        # I don't know what this does
-        "''${gappsWrapperArgs[@]}" \
-
-        # I don't know what binaries are needed for vital, probably not these
-        # --prefix PATH : "${lib.makeBinPath [ xdg-utils ffmpeg ]}" \
-
-        # We build the library path from our enabled buildInputs
-        --suffix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${lib.strings.makeLibraryPath buildInputs}"
-    done
-  '';
-  # This is specific for bitwig-studio derivation
-  # find $out -type f -executable -name 'jspawnhelper' | \
-  # while IFS= read -r f ; do
-  #   patchelf --set-interpreter "${stdenv.cc.bintools.dynamicLinker}" $f
-  # done
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A wavetable synthesizer.";