Installing ekphore

Grab the archive for your platform from the downloads page. Every archive contains the standalone application, the plug-ins for that platform, the nksd helper and the license notices of bundled dependencies.

Linux
macOS
Windows

To install the DAW plugin, copy the relevant file in the correct folder listed below:

Format	Location
CLAP	`~/.clap/`
LV2	`~/.lv2/`
VST3	`~/.vst3/`

If you want to install the standalone version, you can run those commands to install it on your system with a desktop icon:

mkdir -p ~/.local/opt/ekphore
tar -C ~/.local/opt/ekphore -xzf ekphore-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cp -r ~/.local/opt/ekphore/share/. ~/.local/share/
sed -i "s|^Exec=.*|Exec=$HOME/.local/opt/ekphore/ekphore-ui|" ~/.local/share/applications/io.github.ekphore.desktop
~/.local/opt/ekphore/ekphore-ui

note

Some distributions (eg NixOS) might require you to package the binary

To install the DAW plugin, copy the relevant file in the correct folder listed below:

Format	Location
AU	`~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components`
VST3	`~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3`
CLAP	`~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/CLAP`

To install the standalone version and the nksd daemon, drag Ekphore.app to /Applications.

note

You may need to approve ekphore's launch on its first run; see approving unsigned builds.

To install the DAW plugin, copy the relevant file in the correct folder listed below:

Format	Location
VST3	`C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3`
CLAP	`C:\Program Files\Common Files\CLAP`

You can also run the standalone version by executing ekphore-ui.

note

You may need to approve ekphore's launch on its first run; see approving unsigned builds.