cybird
August 26, 2026, 5:03am
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I am attempting to install TAL Noisemaker, and in the file provided on the website is a readme with these installation instructions:
Installation
VST 2.4:
Copy the file libPluginName.so into the users .VST directory.
VST 3:
Copy the folder PluginName.vst3 into the users .VST3 directory.
CLAP:
Copy the folder PluginName.clap into the users .clap directory.
I cannot find any of the directories mentioned in /usr/lib/, /usr/lib64/, nor /usr/libexec/. I am kind of a noob to Linux and synth musicmaking in general, so I don’t really know what I’m doing.
cybird
August 26, 2026, 5:58am
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I’m not seeing the directories there either.
cybird
August 26, 2026, 6:06am
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I’ve installed a DAW (ardour) from the discover store to see where it thinks the VSTs are. I’ve tried following the path that it suggests to no avail.Screenshot uploaded to my own site because the image uploader on this site won’t work.
augenauf
August 26, 2026, 10:46am
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Just guessing, but take a look at:
~/.clap/ (i.e., /home/<username>/.clap/)~/.toguaudioline/TAL-NoiseMaker/presets/~/.toguaudioline/~/.config/ToguAudioLine/
Note: Folders starting with a . are hidden by default in GNOME Files or Dolphin file managers. Press Ctrl + H to show hidden folders.
cybird
August 26, 2026, 11:01am
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None of those directories exist either. I have no idea what toguaudioline is.
ilikelinux
August 26, 2026, 12:26pm
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Just create it in your home :
~/.vst ; ~/.vst3 ; ~/.clap
Have also a look here:
opened 06:17PM - 05 Jan 22 UTC
closed 08:58AM - 08 Mar 22 UTC
specification
need more info
(moving from the conversion on https://github.com/free-audio/clap/commit/b902efa… 94e7a069dc1576617ebd74d2310746bd4)
For user-local plugins, the two options currently considered as mentioned in https://github.com/free-audio/clap/commit/b902efa94e7a069dc1576617ebd74d2310746bd4 are `~/.clap` and `~/.local/lib/clap`.
The arguments for `~/.clap` are that it's in line with what users would expect (as `~/.vst`, `~/.vst3` and `~/.lv2` will likely also exist on their system), while the argument against it is that it clutters up the home directory. My personal argument against `~/.local/lib/clap` is that it's not a standardized directory, and there's no associated environment variable defined in the [XDG Base Directory](https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html) specification for controlling its location. And a third option is `$XDG_DATA_HOME`/`~/.local/share` which is meant for program data that can be shared across systems, but that may of course also not be a very discoverable location for users that try to install CLAP plugins from downloaded archives.
augenauf
August 26, 2026, 9:34pm
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Maybe @ycollet wants to jump in and provide some pro knowledge.
ycollet
August 27, 2026, 5:59am
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The user directories for plugins:
~/.vst - ~/.vst3 - ~/.lv2 - ~/.clap - ~/.ladspa
And for the system directories:
/usr/lib64/vst - /usr/lib64/vst3 - /usr/lib64/lv2 - /usr/lib64/clap - /usr/lib64/ladspa
For system directories, you may need to create ones as a root user if you never installed a plugin via dnf.
ycollet
August 27, 2026, 6:03am
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You can also check my COPR repository:
There are many plugins available.
And you can try to find what you need through this search engine on the Audinux website:
