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flake-nixinator/derivations/vital-synth/default.nix

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{ 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" ];
};
}