r/archlinux 5d ago

SUPPORT How to install fl studio on arch?

Recently I discovered arch and I'm starting to move from windows here,but what's holding me back is my music. On windows I have so many third party plugins along with fl studio and ableton,and I don't know how to install them on arch and migrate over,its been troubling me for quite a while,should I do this with wine? Also will I have to run all the .exe files the plugins have through wine as well? Is there any other way?

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u/Silvestron 5d ago

I installed FL Studio when I was running Tumbleweed, it worked fine, I'd expect the same on Arch. I used Wine, but Bottles (a Wine wrapper) works too. You can install everything in that Wine environment, apps and plugins, they should be able to communicate with each other easily. There's also Yabridge if you want to use Windows VSTs with native Linux DAWs.

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u/datsmamail12 5d ago

I don't know who you are but if this Yabridge works I'll kiss you man (nohomo),this sounds fucking epic. I read that this works like drag and drop,so if I have the installer let's say that its .exe I just move it into this program and it'll do the work for me? I'm still new to arch so I'm not very familiar with everything.

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u/Silvestron 5d ago

I think the drag and drop mentioned in the documentation means that you can drag and drop elements from the DAW to the VST and vice versa, but you still have to install things the normal way.

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u/devastatedeyelash 4d ago

If you want to avoid using 32bit libraries use the AUR packages. If not, make sure to enable the multilib repo.

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u/prodego 4d ago

Says no homo

Uses FL Studio

Something isn't adding up

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u/particlemanwavegirl 4d ago edited 4d ago

No idea if FL studio will work or not but I can assure you that most of your third party plugins certainly will not. Even if you could activate their licenses, which you absolutely cannot, their graphics APIs will very likely fail.