Helm synth comp error with Yay

[jokoko]

Hi,

I’m trying to install one of my favorite synth on linux : HELM
I found it on the AUR repo.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/helm-synth

So, I try to install it the way I made for many others soft with YAY :

yay helm-synth

I choose the first package in the list: “helm-synth”
but unfortunnately i’ve got plenty compilation errors and it doesn’t work…
here is a dpaste log
I’m totally lost, but I’d really like to succed installing this synth.

Thank you.

[swh]

try

yay -S helm-synth

taken from man yay

EXAMPLES
       yay foo
              Search and install from the repos and the AUR using yogurt mode.

       yay -Syu
              Update package list and upgrade all currently installed repo and AUR.

       yay -Sua
              Update all currently installed AUR packages.

       yay -S foo
              Installs package foo from the repos or the AUR.

       yay -Ss foo
              Searches for package foo on the repos or the AUR.

       yay -Si foo
              Gets information about package foo from the repos or the AUR.

       yay -S foo --mflags "--skipchecksums --skippgpcheck"
              Installs foo while skipping checksums and pgp checks.

       yay --devel --save
              Sets devel to true in the config.

       yay -P --stats
              Shows statistics for installed packages and system health.

       pacman -Qmq | grep -Ee '-(cvs|svn|git|hg|bzr|darcs)$' | yay -S --needed -
              pacaur-like devel check.

[jokoko]

hhumm unfortunately this give me the same result.

[smokey]

Have you made sure your system is up to date? You should always make sure you are up to date before installing a new package.

[jokoko]

Yes I think so.
To check that, it’s with the

sudo pacman -Syu

command, right?

[swh]

You better go with

yay

everything is updated from the aur

[jokoko]

Well, I’ve tried, but it doesn’t change the result

[ddnn]

I tried building it from source. It also fails to build.

It’s possible that the AUR maintainer needs to make an update to it, but also, please note that Helm has not received an actual update since 2017 (which I find hard to believe, because I used to use it too).

The AUR maintainer has been patching it so that it works with newer libraries, so you may just have to wait, or if you know how to patch apps, you can do it yourself.

Lastly, you can sign up and message the AUR maintainer to speed things up.

[tippfehlr]

Hi, helm-synth maintainer here.
I’ve added a patch to fix the build in 0.9.0-11.
Sadly upstream is pretty much (very) dead

Just notify maintainers directly in cases like these. I would have had no chance of finding this thread by chance. @ddnn did you write me the email?

Good day and have fun making music

[ddnn]

@tippfehlr

@ddnn did you write me the email?

No. I was just making a suggestion to the OP.

I haven’t done much of anything related to music making in a while, so that’s why I didn’t know (or remember) that helm was no longer maintained upstream. But thanks for maintaining it, it would have certainly been one of the VSTs that I would look for when resuming my music stuff.

[jokoko]

Hi,
It was me who contacted you.
It works. Your awesome. Thanks a looooooooot!