(Kubuntu 25.04) Renoise 3.5.2 installation problems

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Hey, people.

Hitting some problems on Renoise 3.5.2 (3.5.1 still works)

The installation script works fine with root permissions, but Renoise is not added to $PATH automatically and cannot be launched unless I apply a chmod +x


gonk@BRAIN:/mnt/BACKUP/DOWNLOADS/rns_352_linux_x86_64$ sudo sh install.sh
[sudo] password for gonk: 
Fixing file permissions...
Installing shared resources...
Installing the executable...
Linking the executable...
Installing the man file...
Registering MIME types...
Installing icons...
Installing desktop-menu shortcuts...
Checking CPU frequency scaling...
  OK - Your CPU frequency governor seems to be set to 'performance'.
Checking audio configuration...
  OK - PAM seems to be installed and configured for audio applications.
  If you nevertheless have problems with ALSA or Jack (such as crackles or too high latencies) take a look at 'https://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/system_configuration#limitsconfaudioconf' for help please...

Installation of Renoise 3.5.2 SUCCEEDED.


gonk@BRAIN:~$ renoise
bash: /usr/local/bin/renoise: Permission denied
gonk@BRAIN:~$ sudo renoise
sudo: renoise: command not found
gonk@BRAIN:~$ /usr/local/bin/renoise-3.5.2
bash: /usr/local/bin/renoise-3.5.2: Permission denied
gonk@BRAIN:~$ sudo /usr/local/bin/renoise-3.5.2
sudo: /usr/local/bin/renoise-3.5.2: command not found
gonk@BRAIN:~$ which renoise
gonk@BRAIN:~$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/renoise*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root       28 ago  4 20:12 /usr/local/bin/renoise -> /usr/local/bin/renoise-3.5.2
-rw-r----- 1 root root 44125280 ago  4 20:12 /usr/local/bin/renoise-3.5.2
gonk@BRAIN:~$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/renoise-3.5.2
gonk@BRAIN:~$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/renoise-3.5.2
-rwxr-x--x 1 root root 44125280 ago  4 20:12 /usr/local/bin/renoise-3.5.2
gonk@BRAIN:~$ /usr/local/bin/renoise-3.5.2
Renoise LOG> ============================================================
Renoise LOG> Version : Renoise V3.5.2 (Jul 28 2025)
Renoise LOG> Date    : 2025-08-04
Renoise LOG> Time    : 20:21:09
Renoise LOG> OS      : Linux version 6.15.9-1-liquorix-amd64 (steven@liquorix.net) (gcc (Ubuntu 14.2.0-19ubuntu2) 14.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.44) #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC liquorix 6.15-9ubuntu1~plucky (2025-0
Renoise LOG> ============================================================
Renoise LOG> System: Application path retrieved from /proc/self/exe: '/usr/local/bin/renoise-3.5.2'
Renoise LOG> System: Running from '/usr/local/bin'...
Renoise LOG> CPU: Found 1 enabled unit(s) with 6 core(s) and 12 logical processor(s) per unit. 6 cores, 12 logical processors are enabled in total.
Renoise LOG> Application: Showing the splash window...
Renoise LOG> StartupWindow: Initialiting the startup window...
Renoise LOG> GraphPort: Initialising XThreads...
Renoise LOG> GraphPort: Opening XDisplay ':1' (configured via 'DISPLAY' env)...
Renoise LOG> GraphPort: XDisplay was successfully opened
Renoise LOG> GraphPort: Initializing Freeimage...
Renoise LOG> StartupWindow: using font '-*-fixed-*-r-normal--9-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1' for the splash screen
Renoise LOG> StartupWindow: Startup window successfully initialized...
Renoise LOG> Application: Initializing the API...
Renoise LOG> IPP: Detected CPU type: 0x46
Renoise LOG> File-IO: Enabling MP3 decoding support using system's mpg123 library...
Renoise LOG> ALSA: Enumerating Devices...
Renoise LOG> ALSA: PLAYBACK info: card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [DELL S2721HN]
Renoise LOG> ALSA: PLAYBACK info: card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
Renoise LOG> ALSA: PLAYBACK info: card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
Renoise LOG> ALSA: PLAYBACK info: card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 9: HDMI 3 [LG FULL HD]
Renoise LOG> ALSA: PLAYBACK info: card 0: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
Renoise LOG> ALSA: PLAYBACK info: card 1: A96 [AudioBox USB 96], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Renoise LOG> ALSA: CAPTURE info: card 1: A96 [AudioBox USB 96], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Renoise LOG> ALSA: PLAYBACK info: card 2: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
Renoise LOG> ALSA: CAPTURE info: card 2: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
Renoise LOG> ALSA: PLAYBACK info: card 2: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 1: ALC887-VD Digital [ALC887-VD Digital]
Renoise LOG> ALSA: CAPTURE info: card 2: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 2: ALC887-VD Alt Analog [ALC887-VD Alt Analog]
Renoise LOG> MIDI-IO: Starting the input thread...
Renoise LOG> GraphPort: Loading cursor images (libXcursor is present)...
Renoise LOG> GraphPort: Initializing the Font Engine...
Renoise LOG> GraphPort: Enumerating system fonts...
Renoise LOG> GraphPort: The font config file '/usr/local/share/renoise-3.5.2/Skin/Fonts/Config.xml' does not exist. Using system default fonts...
Renoise LOG> GraphPort: Initializing Keyboard mappings...
Renoise LOG> GraphPort: Initializing XAtoms...
Renoise LOG> Application: Initializing Icon Bitmaps...
Renoise LOG> Audio Plugins: Plugin server does not exist. Will scan without sandboxing.
Renoise LOG> Player: Loading pattrns library from: '/usr/local/share/renoise-3.5.2/libpattrns.so'
Renoise LOG> Exception: Failed to load pattrns shared library file. Error: No such file or directory
Renoise LOG> Error Message: Failed to load pattrns shared library file. Error: No such file or directory
>> XMessage: Failed to load pattrns shared library file. Error: No such file or directory
sh: 1: kmessage: not found
sh: 1: gmessage: not found
Renoise LOG> Application: Finalizing the API...
Renoise LOG> StartupWindow: Closing the window...
Renoise LOG> MIDI-IO: Shutting down the MIDI sequencers...
Renoise LOG> Closing log file...

After this warning, the program then crashes.

I’m kinda clueless on how to proceed. Checking the logs and install.sh doesn’t give me any ideas either.

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OS: Kubuntu x86_64 (25.04)
DE: KDE Plasma 6.3.4
WM: KWin (Wayland)
Kernel: Linux 6.15.9-1-liquorix-amd64

Thanks in advance :slight_smile:

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libpattrns.so should be inside the Resources folder of the extracted tar.gz file you have downloaded.

If it’s not there that would explain why it wasn’t copied by the install script, this script isn’t really checking the files, just tries to copy everything from the folder to /usr/local/share/renoise-VERSION so it would report the install being successful even if some files were missing.

The font config error saying the Config.xml doesnt exist hints at other files also missing.

I see that you are running the installer from a mounted drive which afaik can mess up the permissions if it’s formatted as FAT for example, so you could try copying the whole rns_352... folder into your main drive somewhere then run the install script from there (this could fix the permission issue as the installer sets permissions before copying).

But more likely the files aren’t even in the installer’s folder to begin with, you should try extracting the downloaded tar.gz file again (or possibly downloading it again).

3

Thanks for the suggestions. I ended up redownloading the tar.gz and running the install script from /home instead and it worked :slight_smile:

Weird enough, the original installer had the libpattrns.so in the Resources folder and running that script with verbose didn’t show any errors.

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Makes sense! Suppose it was about the mounted drive then, I guess the installer could do some checks to ensure all files were copied correctly or that they exist to begin with. Fixing permissions after copying might also be a good idea.

On a side-note, you might want to backup your backup drive in case it’s something related to its health :face_with_monocle: