{ stdenv , fetchurl, alsa-lib, freetype, glib, glibc, libcurl-gnutls, 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 let # Variables from AUR pkgbuild maintainer = "jackreeds"; pkgname_deb = "VitalInstaller"; in stdenv.mkDerivation rec { pname = "vital-synth"; version = "1.0.8"; src = fetchurl { url = "https://github.com/${maintainer}/${pkgname_deb}/releases/download/${version}/${pkgname_deb}.deb"; 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 ]; # We downloaded a .deb file, unpack it to root = [ usr/bin usr/lib usr/share ] unpackCmd = '' mkdir -p root dpkg-deb -x $curSrc root ''; 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 ]; # 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 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."; longDescription = '' Powerful wavetable synthesizer with realtime modulation feedback. Vital is a MIDI enabled polyphonic music synthesizer with an easy to use parameter modulation system with real-time graphical feedback. ''; homepage = "https://vital.audio/"; license = licenses.gpl3Only; platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ]; }; }