Linux VST build deletes all files in ~/.vst

[oddyotrax]

Built VST in Linux and it deleted everything from my ~/.vst folder

This is really bad.

First thing. Please take out the building directly to the ~/.vst folder
Second thing. How do I get my files back? This is a huge disaster.

[d.healey]

Yeah I noticed this a while ago, I think I reported it... it doesn't happen 100% of the time if I remember correctly

You can't get them back But perhaps you have a backup?

[oddyotrax]

I don't have a back up of the folder but I can rebuild it. Most of it hopefully. This is a mess because it is going to take me a long time to rebuild.

why does the standalone get built in -> projects/standalone/Builds/LinuxMakefile/build/
and the VST gets placed in ~./vst?
thankfully it wasn't a make sudo install going to /usr/lib/vst
this is bad. very bad.

the VST plugin build has to go in... projects/plugin/Builds/LinuxMakefile/build/

seriously. please correct this. depositing it in ~./vst without consent is already a bad idea
that it deletes the folder is unacceptable

[oddyotrax]

it's not that complicated

I will do it manually but I would recommend to change line 32 in

projects/plugin/Builds/LinuxMakefile/Makefile

from

JUCE_OUTDIR := ~/.vst

to

JUCE_OUTDIR := build

[oddyotrax]

I suspect what deleted the files was not the build but the

make clean

[Christoph Hart]

Ah sorry about that. I assumed that the build script from the Projucer just copies the final binary as post build step - this is what it does on Windows and macOS - that it uses it as actual build folder and subsequently deletes everything in there on a clean is indeed nasty and a little bit intrusive too

[d.healey]

@oddyotrax What distro do you use?

[oddyotrax]

@Christoph-Hart

I don't think it was when I rebuilt the VST

before I did the rebuild, I did a make clean and I suspect that is what wiped the folder of its contents

[oddyotrax]

d-healey Debian Stretch

[d.healey]

@oddyotrax I'm using Linux Mint and I use timeshift to backup my home directory, I think it's probably available for Debian too.

[Christoph Hart]

Alright, I've updated the Projucer files so that it will not use the VST folder as build folder anymore.

Please try if it works now (best backup your VST folder again Be aware that you have to resave the Projucer file so that it updates your local makefile.

[oddyotrax]

@d-healey Thanks for the suggestion. Debian has back in time... I just made zip files of the most important folders. It's all good I had copies of everything and restored everything back to working order. My apologies for freaking out.