ReaPack: Package manager for REAPER

[SilverBrin]

When syncing or adding reapack repositories I'm getting
" A libcurl function was given a bad argument (43):" errors.

551 errors while resyncing and errors when adding a new repository as well.

[Tapio]

Originally Posted by cfillion

If you can't think of any recent changes on your computer or network: try disabling "Verify the authenticity of SSL/TLS certificates" in ReaPack > Manage repositories > Options > Network settings.

No change on my end. This worked. I guess some certificate change on the remote end?

[eniscakar]

Originally Posted by SilverBrin

When syncing or adding reapack repositories I'm getting
" A libcurl function was given a bad argument (43):" errors.

551 errors while resyncing and errors when adding a new repository as well.

same problem any solutions?

[bobobo]

coincidence her

debian bookworm 64 , reapack will kill a running REAPER while loading repositories,

took a fresh reaoer, got the reapack, while installing the reaper vanishes.

i little deeper investigation showed that it shoots reaper when loading the xraym repo.

[cfillion]

Originally Posted by bobobo

debian bookworm 64 , reapack will kill a running REAPER while loading repositories,

Is ReaPack up-to-date (1.2.4.4 or newer)? If so, please send a backtrace of the moment when it crashed.

$ gdb -ex run reaper

(gdb) thread apply all backtrace

[bobobo]

i made a newly test

a fresh installation that points to an alternative folder (using my beloved -cfgfile option ) run the reapack without any hassle , as usual

same machine running a fresh REAPER in the original folder ~/.config/REAPER with a fresh load an aned reapack...so , bamm , as described

yes , all is up to date (except for me )

i run your gdb ... command not found ..

Got to get this installed First. and i have installed it.

i made my REAPER in ./config empty , deleted all but the licence file and run REAPER.

quit REAPER , and put the reapack...so into the userpluginsfolder.

run reaper with the gdb

gdb -ex run reaper

REAPER starts and shows the reapack selection. all normal.

i entered the 'thread apply all backtrace' in the shell where the gdb run.

in REAPER i kicked the ok button and clicked the browse bitton in reapack and REAPER quits.

and here is the content of the shellwindow with gdb

$ gdb -ex run reaper
GNU gdb (Debian 13.1-3) 13.1
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License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
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Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details.
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Type "show configuration" for configuration details.
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<https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>.
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For help, type "help".
Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"...
Reading symbols from reaper...
(No debugging symbols found in reaper)
Starting program: /usr/local/bin/reaper 
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
lv2: /usr/lib/lv2/sfizz.lv2/ http://sfztools.github.io/sfizz - patch specified with unsupported type http://lv2plug.in/ns/ext/atom#String
lv2: /usr/lib/lv2/sfizz.lv2/ http://sfztools.github.io/sfizz-multi - patch specified with unsupported type http://lv2plug.in/ns/ext/atom#String
[New Thread 0x7ffff47ff6c0 (LWP 5219)]
[Thread 0x7ffff47ff6c0 (LWP 5219) exited]
[New Thread 0x7ffff47ff6c0 (LWP 5225)]
jack: created client
jack: non-realtime threads
LC_NUMERIC / LANG is set to 'de_DE.UTF-8', overriding LC_NUMERIC environment to POSIX
[New Thread 0x7fffddfff6c0 (LWP 5226)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdae026c0 (LWP 5227)]
jack: activated client
[New Thread 0x7fffda6016c0 (LWP 5231)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd9e006c0 (LWP 5232)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd95ff6c0 (LWP 5233)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd8dfe6c0 (LWP 5234)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd3fff6c0 (LWP 5235)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd37fe6c0 (LWP 5236)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd2ffd6c0 (LWP 5237)]
thread apply all backtrace
[New Thread 0x7fffdcfd86c0 (LWP 5238)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdc7d76c0 (LWP 5239)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdbfd66c0 (LWP 5240)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdb7d56c0 (LWP 5241)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd27fc6c0 (LWP 5242)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd1ffb6c0 (LWP 5243)]
[Thread 0x7fffd27fc6c0 (LWP 5242) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd1ffb6c0 (LWP 5243) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffdb7d56c0 (LWP 5241) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffdb7d56c0 (LWP 5244)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd1ffb6c0 (LWP 5245)]
[Thread 0x7fffdb7d56c0 (LWP 5244) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd1ffb6c0 (LWP 5245) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffdbfd66c0 (LWP 5240) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffdc7d76c0 (LWP 5239) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffdcfd86c0 (LWP 5238) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd2ffd6c0 (LWP 5237) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd37fe6c0 (LWP 5236) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd3fff6c0 (LWP 5235) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd8dfe6c0 (LWP 5234) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd95ff6c0 (LWP 5233) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd9e006c0 (LWP 5232) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffda6016c0 (LWP 5231) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffddfff6c0 (LWP 5226) exited]
[Thread 0x7ffff47ff6c0 (LWP 5225) exited]
[Thread 0x7ffff7e7b040 (LWP 5216) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffdae026c0 (LWP 5227) exited]
[New process 5216]

Program terminated with signal SIGKILL, Killed.
The program no longer exists.
(gdb) thread apply all backtrace
(gdb)

weird enough, and more expectaed, the -cfgfile version shoots itself into the haze as well reapack kick the browse button, like the normal version.


and it is may not reapack sensitive..

REAPER goes away when scanning for nex fx too .. no reapack installed , just pure reaper

[cfillion]

Originally Posted by bobobo

Program terminated with signal SIGKILL, Killed.

[...]
and it is may not reapack sensitive... REAPER goes away when scanning for nex fx too .. no reapack installed , just pure reaper

The great news is SIGKILL is not a crash, the bad news is something ordered the reaper process to immediately stop.

Anything could send it that order (eg. killall -9 reaper), but is there ample available memory prior to the spurious exits (ReaPack's & nex fx)?

It could be Linux's out-of-memory killer stepping in to prevent RAM exhaustion. Or systemd's more aggressive version of it. If that's the case something should be logged when the event happens (journalctl -ef).

[inthevoid]

Originally Posted by eniscakar

same problem any solutions?

I had this a while back - restarting my computer / Reaper fixed it.

[DarkStar]

I have some JSFX that access .jsfx-inc files (in different folders) and in some cases text files (in REAPER\Data\DarkStar).

How would I get those into ReaPack, so that the installation is idiot-proof?

Why is a GitHub needed? It looks like quite a bit of work to understand / maintain it. Is that to where all the files are uploaded?

[cfillion]

Originally Posted by DarkStar

I have some JSFX that access .jsfx-inc files (in different folders) and in some cases text files (in REAPER\Data\DarkStar).

How would I get those into ReaPack, so that the installation is idiot-proof?

Originally Posted by DarkStar

Why is a GitHub needed? It looks like quite a bit of work to understand / maintain it. Is that to where all the files are uploaded?

The ReaTeam repositories are hosted on GitHub, so a GitHub account is required to upload to them.

For other repositories GitHub is not needed, it's just really convenient so I guess that's why almost everyone uses it to host their repositories.

[DarkStar]

Thank you, I am understanding slowly.

I should have provided an example; so here goes:

The JSFX is: REAPER\Effects\DarkStar\monitors/MIDI_Monitor_DS
It imports 1 library file, from REAPER\Effects\DarkStar/zz_libraries/DS_library.jsfx-inc
and accesses two files in:
REAPER\Effects\DarkStar/zz_libraries/colours_04_DS.png
REAPER\Effects\DarkStar/zz_info_pages/MIDI_monitor_DS_Help.png

From your screenshots, I gather that I upload the JSFX as the package, and the others as hosted files and specify the relative install path for each one. So far, so good?

Let's say I wish to upload another JSX which also uses the DS_library.jsfx-inc and colours_04_DS.png files. How do I reference them when I upload the second FX?

And, finally (for now) it looks like I do not have to go to GitHub myself (other than create the account), but where is the ReaPack repository linked to the GitHub Account (User name, password, and 2FA?)?

[cfillion]

Originally Posted by DarkStar

From your screenshots, I gather that I upload the JSFX as the package, and the others as hosted files and specify the relative install path for each one. So far, so good?

Yes.

Originally Posted by DarkStar

Let's say I wish to upload another JSX which also uses the DS_library.jsfx-inc and colours_04_DS.png files. How do I reference them when I upload the second FX?

It's easier to simply upload a copy of all required files along with each JSFX.

Each package must install its own unique copy of those files so that users may safely install/update/downgrade/etc each one separately.

It doesn't need to be also unique copies on the repository, it's just simpler to keep storage:install 1:1. If you really want to though, you can have multiple packages refer to the same stored filenames. That's OK as long as the install filenames are different.

Originally Posted by DarkStar

I should have provided an example; so here goes:

The JSFX is: REAPER\Effects\DarkStar\monitors/MIDI_Monitor_DS
It imports 1 library file, from REAPER\Effects\DarkStar/zz_libraries/DS_library.jsfx-inc
and accesses two files in:
REAPER\Effects\DarkStar/zz_libraries/colours_04_DS.png
REAPER\Effects\DarkStar/zz_info_pages/MIDI_monitor_DS_Help.png

• DS_MIDI Monitor.jsfx: main package file with the JSFX code
• DS_library.jsfx-inc: add as a "Hosted file" with that name in the "Storage filename" field.
• Same thing for the PNG files. Set the storage filename to eg. "zz_info_pages/MIDI_monitor_DS_Help.png" to have a subdirectory.

That results in the following hierarchy on install:

ReaTeam JSFX/
└── Monitoring/
    ├── DS_MIDI Monitor/
    │   ├── DS_library.jsfx-inc
    │   ├── zz_info_pages/
    │   │   └── MIDI_monitor_DS_Help.png
    │   └── zz_libraries/
    │       └── colours_04_DS.png
    └── DS_MIDI Monitor.jsfx

If you have files that should go in the Data directory, set that in the "Resource type" field.

Originally Posted by DarkStar

And, finally (for now) it looks like I do not have to go to GitHub myself (other than create the account), but where is the ReaPack repository linked to the GitHub Account (User name, password, and 2FA?)?

Clicking on the "Create pull request" button uses the GitHub API to authenticate you and perform the git operations to ReaTeam/JSFX on your behalf. The first time GitHub shows a page asking whether to allow reapack.com access. There's also the "Login via GitHub" button at the top to do the authentication step earlier.

[DarkStar]

Got it; thank you for the clear explanation. I am sure that it will help others too.

Given that each package is self-contained I may rethink my use of separate, common, folders for the library code and images.

PS I could not find "Monitoring" in the Category drop-down list. If it helps, my own JS FX here are organised into

MIDI Controllers
MIDI Editors
MIDI Monitors
MIDI Routers
MIDI Tools

And, how would I remove a package from ReaPack?

[Trankonia]

I tried to install ReaPack on Windows 10 Reaper 7.14 and placed the download into the described subdirectory, restarted Reaper and nothing happened. I did not get a New menu called Extensions. I checked the Actions list and the menu customizer but saw nothing related to ReaPack.

Please Advise.

Thanks in advance!

[cfillion]

Does the bitness match REAPER's? Download reaper_reapack-x64.dll for REAPER 64-bit or reaper_reapack-x86.dll for REAPER 32-bit. (No harm in downloading both: REAPER will load the one that matches.)

The filename must also not be changed: REAPER only loads files in the UserPlugins folder that begin with "reaper_".

[Trankonia]

Originally Posted by cfillion

Does the bitness match REAPER's? Download reaper_reapack-x64.dll for REAPER 64-bit or reaper_reapack-x86.dll for REAPER 32-bit. (No harm in downloading both: REAPER will load the one that matches.)

The filename must also not be changed: REAPER only loads files in the UserPlugins folder that begin with "reaper_".

I think I downloaded the wrong file. I re-installed and it worked fine. Thanks!

[luthervanboss]

Trying to install macOS ARM-64bit version to an M3 macbook running Sonoma 14.4.1 but running into:

"reaper_reapack-arm64.dylib" was blocked from use because it is not from an identified developer.

When choosing 'open anyway' I get a pop up stating:

"reaper_reapack-arm64.dylib" can't be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software. This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for more information.

Any ideas here? Thanks in advance!

[cfillion]

Click on "Allow Anyway" in System Preferences > Security & Privacy after launching REAPER once for ReaPack to load when installed for the first time.

https://youtu.be/Uu7AE98x-AM?t=201

[PunPun]

Originally Posted by SilverBrin

When syncing or adding reapack repositories I'm getting
" A libcurl function was given a bad argument (43):" errors.

551 errors while resyncing and errors when adding a new repository as well.

Same problem here on Portable REAPER 7.14 on Mac M1. The app name is also changed ("REAPER" to "REAPER_EDIT")
It's working without any issue while using my main Reaper in the Applications folder tho.
Any idea ?

Thanks !

[wearehappy]

Thanks for the fantastic ReaPack!
I was playing with my first ReaPack repo on GitHub and have achieved initial sucess via writing everything by hand.

However, I don't believe this is the right way of developing and maintaining a package. There must be an accelerated package creation procedure with some code-gen tricks for the metadata, correct?

I looked around on the ReaPack website and found the Package Editor page showing me a web form for submitting custom scripts to ReaTeam/Scripts repo.

https://reapack.com/upload/reascript

But this seems to be tied into that specific repo without the capability of generating the index.xml offline.

I expect to use a friendly UI to generate all the boilerplate whenever I CRUD my packages.

Although it's not very difficult to write my own code-gen for that purpose, I guess similar tools must exist now that so many standard packages are out there around the world. So I'd rather learn to use the standard tools.

So my question is: Where are they?

Please help. Thanks a lot!

[wearehappy]

Originally Posted by wearehappy

Thanks for the fantastic ReaPack!
I was playing with my first ReaPack repo on GitHub and have achieved initial sucess via writing everything by hand.

However, I don't believe this is the right way of developing and maintaining a package. There must be an accelerated package creation procedure with some code-gen tricks for the metadata, correct?

I looked around on the ReaPack website and found the Package Editor page showing me a web form for submitting custom scripts to ReaTeam/Scripts repo.

https://reapack.com/upload/reascript

But this seems to be tied into that specific repo without the capability of generating the index.xml offline.

I expect to use a friendly UI to generate all the boilerplate whenever I CRUD my packages.

Although it's not very difficult to write my own code-gen for that purpose, I guess similar tools must exist now that so many standard packages are out there around the world. So I'd rather learn to use the standard tools.

So my question is: Where are they?

Please help. Thanks a lot!

I think I've found the answer myself:

The code-gen tool:
https://github.com/cfillion/reapack-index

The companion template:
https://github.com/cfillion/reapack-repository-template

[luthervanboss]

Originally Posted by cfillion

Click on "Allow Anyway" in System Preferences > Security & Privacy after launching REAPER once for ReaPack to load when installed for the first time.

https://youtu.be/Uu7AE98x-AM?t=201

I click "Allow Anyway" and get the attached popup

[McNumplet]

Hi all,

Another issue I have is that although I eventually installed ReaPack etc. and am able to download plugins, not all of them are visible or available.

For instance, I can only see 29 of the Tukan plugins. Why?

Is it because I am still running reaper 6?

[fourdogslong]

Does reapack update itself when I synchronize packages?

[cfillion]

Originally Posted by fourdogslong

Does reapack update itself when I synchronize packages?

Yes.

[fourdogslong]

Originally Posted by cfillion

Yes.

Thanks, one less thing to worry about

[MilkLizard82]

I'm opening a blank project and clicking on:

Extensions > ReaPack > Synchronise Packages

It gets about halfway through downloading the updates then I get this error message before the program closes. 😦

Anyone know what's going on and how I can rectify it? Thanks!

[cfillion]

Update ReaPack. This bug when installing SWS through it was fixed in v1.2.4.4.