I had the same problem than you when downloading Ardour for Linux. In my case, I am using uBlock Origin extension on Firefox, and after disable it, I could see the download button and other options, like pointed out in above image by Robin. So, checking your browser extensions might help.
Just installed Ardour 6 from the website. I was using some x42 plugins and Invada, but they disappeared after the upgrade from 5.12. The plugins only show up if I run Ardour with sudo. Has this happened to anyone else after upgrading?
Did you run Ardour6 with sudo the first time? If so, directory ~/.config/ardour6 might be owned by root user, so that when you run Ardour6 with your regular user, it might not have permissions to read and/or write. I donât exactly know if found pluginsâ information is saved by Ardour6 in that directory, I think it also uses ~/.lv2 directory, so check also that directory.
Other people might shed more light on this issue, but as a rule of thumb, you never should run a GUI application with sudo. If you need to do that, thatâs surely a red flag, meaning that something is really wrong configured on your system (filesystem permissions).
EDIT: You can also create another user on your system, and run Ardour6 with it (without sudo!), and check if it detects those plugins. If it works as expected, then you will know that the problem was on your other userâs home directory.
Thanks for your response. Yeah, probably not the best idea to run it as sudo. I did it because I was just out of ideas, but didnât run it as sudo for the first time. It seems like the bundled plugins work just fine, but Ardour doesnât find others like Invada or calf plugins. Those plugins are located /usr/lib64/lv2. I checked the permissions and it seems like my user should be able to run it. I even copied them and put them in ~/.lv2, but that didnât work either. Anyway, I canât figure out what the issue is. For instance, I just installed the EQ10Q plugins (/usr/local/lib64/lv2) and those work just fine, but even reinstalling calf doesnât solve the issue.
Where can I download version 5? I uninstalled it. But version 6 was not installed and was not compiled from source (
You canât download v5 from this website, but why would you want to? V6 should open V5 sessions fine for the most part, has bug fixes along with the new features, and is generally going to be the better choice.
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For the same reason I enjoy reminiscing about old Linux distros (Because KDE3 still has a place in my heart!) and, when I need some levity, installing Windows Millenium Edition
In all seriousness, Reaper has a full download archive for problematic sessions that donât open properly with the latest and greatest (and probably for lots of other reasons, too). Would it be weird to have the final point release for each of Ardourâs major version numbers available on ardour.org?
git clone git://git.ardour.org/ardour.git
cd ardour
git checkout MY_PREFERRED_VERSION
./waf configure
./waf
Reaper doesnât provide source, you cannot build any version at all.
This I understand. I am simply pointing out that the Reaper site allows users to download binaries for every single minor release. This I find completely overkill but Ardour having at least the final point release binaries for each major release could be useful to some users. I say this unselfishly given that I donât have a single pre v6 session that Iâd ever need to return to (until I actually need to ).
I have an archive of Ardour 4 and 5 binaries, just because I might need them some day. I think itâs ok to give them to other Ardour users, I asked Paul about this a couple of years ago and he okâd it then. Maybe he can chime in if this is not the case now.
Ardour is licensed under the GPL. You are free to distribute, copy and modify it as you wish.
Congratulations and well done on Ardour 6. This metalhead approves \m/
Thanks for this new version. It is really fast!
Thank you everyone for this great piece of work.