Notes and scripts for headless raspbian setup for pro audio (Raspbian Lite + Raspberry Pi 4)

build-sc3-plugins-pi.sh

#!/bin/sh
# Taken from: https://github.com/lvm/build-supercollider

###
#
# Variables
#
INSTALL_DIR=/tmp
SUPERCOLLIDER_VER=3.10
SC3PLUGINS_DIR=$INSTALL_DIR/sc3-plugins
SC3PLUGINS_BUILD_DIR=$SC3PLUGINS_DIR/build
SC3_DIRECTORY=/usr/local/share/SuperCollider
SC3_EXT_DIRECTORY=/usr/local/share/SuperCollider/Extensions

###
#
# Update
#
sudo apt update

###
#
# Install building dependencies
#
sudo apt install -yq \
         build-essential pkg-config cmake subversion git \
         libjack-jackd2-dev libudev-dev libsndfile1-dev libasound2-dev \
         libavahi-client-dev libicu-dev libreadline6-dev libfftw3-dev \
         libxt-dev libcwiid-dev libqt5webkit5-dev libqt5sensors5-dev \
         qt5-default qt5-qmake qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools \
         qtdeclarative5-dev qtpositioning5-dev

###
#
# Download and build SC
#
mkdir -p $SC3PLUGINS_DIR

# Download SC3 Plugins Source
git clone --recursive --branch $SUPERCOLLIDER_VER \
    https://github.com/supercollider/sc3-plugins.git $SC3PLUGINS_DIR

# Create the the directory where SC3 Plugins will be built
mkdir -p $SC3PLUGINS_BUILD_DIR

sudo mkdir -p $SC3_EXT_DIRECTORY

# And build it.
cd $SC3PLUGINS_BUILD_DIR && \
    cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ \
          -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local \
          -DSC_PATH=/tmp/supercollider/ \
          -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF -DQUARKS=ON -DSUPERNOVA=ON .. && \
    make -j4 && \
    sudo make install && \
    sudo ldconfig && \
    sudo mv $SC3_DIRECTORY/SC3plugins $SC3_EXT_DIRECTORY/SC3plugins

build-sc4pi.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Modified version of this script: https://github.com/lvm/build-supercollider
# Inspired by this: https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider/blob/develop/README_RASPBERRY_PI.md

###
#
# Variables
#
INSTALL_DIR=/tmp
SUPERCOLLIDER_VER=3.11
SUPERCOLLIDER_DIR=$INSTALL_DIR/supercollider
SUPERCOLLIDER_BUILD_DIR=$SUPERCOLLIDER_DIR/build

###
#
# Update
#
sudo apt update

###
#
# Install building dependencies
#
sudo apt-get install libsamplerate0-dev libsndfile1-dev libasound2-dev libavahi-client-dev \
    libreadline-dev libfftw3-dev libudev-dev cmake git libjack-jackd2-dev
###
#
# Download and build SC
#
mkdir -p $SUPERCOLLIDER_DIR

# Download SC Source
git clone --recursive --branch $SUPERCOLLIDER_VER \
    https://github.com/supercollider/supercollider.git $SUPERCOLLIDER_DIR

# Create the the directory where SC will be built
mkdir -p $SUPERCOLLIDER_BUILD_DIR

# And build it.
cd $SUPERCOLLIDER_BUILD_DIR && \
        # For a GUI-less build:
        cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DSUPERNOVA=OFF -DSC_ED=OFF -DSC_EL=OFF -DSC_VIM=ON -DNATIVE=ON \
        -DSC_IDE=OFF -DNO_X11=ON -DSC_QT=OFF ..
    make -j4 && \
    sudo make install && \
    sudo ldconfig

A couple quick notes from having run this on my 3B just now:

• github changed some auth policy and now prevents cloning git:// URLs unauthenticated; this affects submodules in supercollider versions before 3.12.2 (more info, tldr: ppl should use the 3.12 branch, which has the fix)
• my Pi has only 1 Gb of RAM and the default 100Mb swap was not enough to compile sc; bumping it up to 512Mb worked (here's a guide for wayward travellers)

A couple quick notes from having run this on my 3B just now:

• github changed some auth policy and now prevents cloning git:// URLs unauthenticated; this affects submodules in supercollider versions before 3.12.2 (more info, tldr: ppl should use the 3.12 branch, which has the fix)
• my Pi has only 1 Gb of RAM and the default 100Mb swap was not enough to compile sc; bumping it up to 512Mb worked (here's a guide for wayward travellers)

Thanks Dave!