AAX compile on a Mac

[Lindon]

So trying ot do this and get so far but then XCode tells me:

error: Unable to create directory: /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins/RetroVolt.aaxplugin/Contents (Permission denied)

any idea how to get past this problem?

I recall on the windows platform I had to do some compiling of the AAX tool kit - and I found the equivalent for mac but it wont compile as its 32-bit so Xcode wont run it...again no idea how to solve this...either....

[dustbro]

@Lindon said in AAX compile on a Mac:

it wont compile as its 32-bit

I think 32-bit has been depreciated? Can you compile 64bit?

[Lindon]

@dustbro - yes thats exactly what i'm trying to do -- but XCode says its 32-bit and wont do it.

[Christoph Hart]

Looks to me as if you don‘t run Xcode as admin because the copy step to the root library folder fails.

[Lindon]

@Christoph-Hart yeah thats probably it - so how would I do that from projucer? -- complete Mac novice here..

[Lindon]

@Christoph-Hart said in AAX compile on a Mac:

Looks to me as if you don‘t run Xcode as admin because the copy step to the root library folder fails.

well I checked my system preferences and I am the admin...so is there something I need to set for XCode?

[Lindon]

@Lindon -- OK tried again --same access denied problem.... any ideas?

[ustk]

@Lindon I see you spoke about compiling the SDK. I don't understand if you succeeded though, so that might be your problem here...
I just compiled the last SDK yesterday and it works...

[Christoph Hart]

Try starting xcode from the command line with sudo, then it should work.

[Lindon]

@ustk -- nope not compiled the SDK -- what did you do to get it to compile?

[Lindon]

OK so I ran XCode as sudo, and it still fails like this

that "ld: library not found for -lAAXLibrary_libpp" might be the indicator that Im missing something in the AAX SDK....

[ustk]

@Lindon Open HISE/tools/SDK/AAX/Libs/AAXLibrary/MacBuild/AAXLibrary.xcodeproj and perform a standard "Build for profiling"
Note that the root folder has been renamed just AAX

[ustk]

@Lindon Yes that's it, library not found means you are compiling without having the lib in the SDK... Compile the SDK first and it should work

[Lindon]

@ustk OK so I down load the SDK (AAX_SDK_2p2p2) extract it to a drive.

-- go to: /AAXSDK_2p2p2/libs/MacBuild and double click on AAXLibrary.xcodeproj

-- xcode opens and tells me:

--stuck!

[ustk]

@Lindon Why don't you use the 2.3.2 version?

[Lindon]

@Lindon oh hang on 2p3p2 seems to be compiling....

[Lindon]

@ustk sorry yeah I had tried 2p3p2 I thought - perhaps not...

[ustk]

@Lindon fingers crossed

[Lindon]

@ustk yep well that worked - so what do put in the tools/SDK folder for HISE now? the entire AAX_SDK_2p3p2 folder? do I rename it AAX SDK ?

[Lindon]

sigh---- ok well now I get these errors:

error: You don’t have permission to save the file “Info.plist” in the folder “Contents”.

error: couldn't remove '/Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins/RetroVolt.aaxplugin/Contents/PkgInfo' after command failed: Permission denied

error: couldn't remove '/Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins/RetroVolt.aaxplugin/Contents/Info.plist' after command failed: Permission denied