Bitwig Flatpak working with VST, CLAP plugins

Ask Fedora
1

There is a well-documented issue where Flatpak Bitwig can’t access plugins in /usr/lib/vst3, /usr/lib/clap, etc. I have not seen anywhere online where anyone has figured out how to make this work, even with the use of Flatseal.

However, you can get around this by running the “bitwig-studio” executable in /var/lib/flatpak/app/com.bitwig.BitwigStudio/current/active/files/. Running it this way will pick up the plugins!

I suspect that running it this way basically bypasses the Flatpak container. But hey, it works!

1 Like
2

Seems it might be worth reaching out to the flatpak packager and suggesting they add the plugins to the flatpak.

3

It’s not specific plugins. It’s any plugins installed in those normal paths. But it doesn’t work even if the plugins are installed in the user home directory, so it’s something about the permissions plugins need I guess.