Package your VST3? Best method?

bandit_FD1

Hi Folks,

I had a question about packaging up VST on OSX. I found that within the build directory you have a output directory of yourplugin.vst3 -- This is usuallyplaced in /Library/Shared/Plug-ins/VST3 on your target system.

I saw pkgbuild and productbuild, and managed to find a "sample script" out there but I guess i'm curious to know what everyone is using, is there an easier method to package these things?

Here was one sample script[1]I found and obviously requires a few edits as i'm not installing anything other than VST3.

That said, I wasn't sure if there was something that is even easier than this, that may almost give you a preview of what the package would look like, so i'm not trial/erroring on writing the config etc.

Can anyone share a template for pkgbuild or productbuild (that's working 100% and also is a bit more specific as far as populating it with graphics and all that other jazz?) -- Additionally if anyone has another suggestion on another OSX packager, I'm all ears.

As a standard practice, I'd love to build something just simple that allows the user to drag it to the VST3 folder and be done.

Thank you in advance.

--FD1

[1] - https://forum.juce.com/t/vst-installer/16654/15

d.healey

@bandit_FD1 I use Whitebox Packages. I find it easy to use but I know some people on the forum are not fans of it. The documentation website is difficult to navigate because the docs are spread all over the site, but answers to most questions are in the docs if you look around enough. I've made a couple of videos on YouTube which include some Packages stuff.

bandit_FD1

@d-healey --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhhOw3PRX_w

d.healey

@bandit_FD1 That's the one, I also did another more recently about installing into both the user and system folders with a single installer, but it's currently only available on Patreon.

bandit_FD1

@d-healey -- I see that most people just say use pkgbuild or productbuild which is clean and does it via the OS however, it's hardly WYSIWYG and it looks like a lot of trial and error. I guess if whitebox is opensource, then what's the problem? :)

I'll dig for the other video as i'm a subscriber there.

--FD1

d.healey

@bandit_FD1 said in Package your VST3? Best method?:

I guess if whitebox is opensource, then what's the problem?

Not sure what you mean. Whitebox Packages is free (I don't think it's open source) and has a GUI interface, I believe it is a frontend for pkgbuild and productbuild.

bandit_FD1

@d-healey - I was asking in the sense, that you mentioned others here on the forum do not like this software, If it's opensource or a frontend, I see that as a win-win :)

--FD1