On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 11:49:32PM +0100, Gordonjcp wrote: > Jan Weil wrote: > >Am Donnerstag, den 20.04.2006, 21:48 +0200 schrieb Lars Luthman: > >>How about a machine-friendly interface for searching and downloading > >>plugin tarballs (or references to distribution packages) so one could > >>write a tool like CPAN for LADSPAs? An automated way to download and > >>install plugins would be really useful if it could be integrated into > >>software like Om, Ardour, JACK-rack etc. Scenario: you try to load a new > >>Om patch that you downloaded from the net, you get the message "You > >>don't have the 'foo' plugin, do you want to install it?", click Yes, and > >>a few seconds (or minutes) later the plugin is installed and the patch > >>is loaded. > > > >AFAIK most plugins don't have any dependencies. Is there anything wrong > > DSSI ones may do. It depends what toolkit their GUI was written in.
Sorry, I missed the earlier message, but many plugins also link to FFTW, and I wouldn't be supprised to find some that link to DSP libraries. - Steve
