risset: a package manager for csound

This is the repository of risset, a package manager for csound external plugins and user-defined-opcodes. The index aggregating all available packages is kept at risset-data.

Installation

risset depends only on git and python3 (>= 3.7) being installed. For linux this is already the case, for macos and windows both need to be installed.

pip3 install risset

or via git:

git clone https://github.com/csound-plugins/risset
cd risset
python3 setup.py install

These commands will install the script "risset" into your path.

Quick start

# list all defined packages
$ risset list

* else /1.10.0         | Miscellaneous plugins [installed: 1.10.0]
                       |    Path: /home/xx/.local/lib/csound/6.0/plugins64/libelse.so
* pathtools /1.10.0    | Cross-platform path handling and string opcodes [installed: 1.10.0]
                       |    Path: /home/xx/.local/lib/csound/6.0/plugins64/libpathtools.so
* klib /1.10.0         | A hashtable for csound [installed: 1.10.0]
                       |    Path: /home/xx/.local/lib/csound/6.0/plugins64/libklib.so
* beosc /1.10.0        | Band-enhanced oscillators implementing the sine+noise synthesis model [installed: 1.10.0]
                       |    Path: /home/xx/.local/lib/csound/6.0/plugins64/libbeosc.so
* jsfx /1.10.0         | jsfx support for csound [installed: 1.10.0]
                       |    Path: /home/xx/.local/lib/csound/6.0/plugins64/libjsfx.so
* poly /1.10.0         | Multiple (parallel or sequential) instances of an opcode [installed: 1.10.0]
                       |    Path: /home/xx/.local/lib/csound/6.0/plugins64/libpoly.so
- sndmeta /1.10.0      | opcodes using libsndfile
* risset /1.10.0       | Cross-platform path handling and string opcodes [manual]
                       |    Path: /home/xx/.local/lib/csound/6.0/plugins64/librisset.so
* vst3 /0.3.0          | Host vst3 plugins in csound [manual]
                       |    Path: /home/xx/.local/lib/csound/6.0/plugins64/libvst3_plugins.so


# Install some packages

$ risset install else jsfx


# Show information about a specific package

$ risset show poly

Plugin        : poly
Author        : Eduardo Moguillansky (eduardo.moguillansky@gmail.com)
URL           : https://github.com/csound-plugins/csound-plugins.git
Version       : 1.10.0
Csound version: >= 6.14
Installed     : 1.10.0 (path: /home/xx/.local/lib/csound/6.0/plugins64/libpoly.so)
Manifest      : /home/xx/.local/share/risset/installed-manifests/poly.json
Abstract      : Multiple (parallel or sequential) instances of an opcode
Description:
    Multiple (parallel or sequential) instances of an opcode
Platforms:
    * linux: Ubuntu 18.04
    * macos: 10.14.0
    * windows: Windows 10
Opcodes:
    defer, poly, poly0, polyseq

    
# Remove a plugin

$ risset remove poly


# See manual page for an opcode (installed or not)

$ risset man poly

Risset commands

update

Update the local index to the latest state.

$ risset update

list

List all available plugins for your platform

$ risset list

show

Show information about a plugin

$ risset show <plugin>

install

Install one or multiple plugins

$ risset install <plugin> [<plugin2>, ...]

Install a given plugin for the current platform. Plugins are installed into the system folder where all other builtin plugins are installed (this requires administrator rights in some platforms). Admin rights are needed for this.

remove

Remove an installed plugin

$ risset remove <plugin>

documentation

Open man page as markdown in the command line

$ risset man <opcode>

Open the html man page in the default browser:

$ risset man --html <opcode>

Generate/update documentation:

$ risset makedocs

Plugin Documentation

Documentation for all plugins can be found here: https://csound-plugins.github.io/risset-docs/

Upgrading risset

If installed via pip, do:

pip install risset -U

If installed via git, go to the repository and do:

git pull
python setup.py install

Contributing

In order to add/modify a plugin, clone risset-data

At the root of the repository there is an index file rissetindex.json, listing all available plugins. Each entry in the index has the form

{
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "plugins": {
        "else": {
            "url": "https://github.com/csound-plugins/csound-plugins.git",
            "path": "src/else"
        },
        "pathtools": {
            "url": "https://github.com/csound-plugins/csound-plugins.git",
            "path": "src/pathtools"
        },
        "klib": {
            "url": "https://github.com/csound-plugins/csound-plugins.git",
            "path": "src/klib"
        },
        "beosc": {
            "url": "https://github.com/csound-plugins/csound-plugins.git",
            "path": "src/beosc"
        },
        "vst3": {
            "url": "https://github.com/csound-plugins/vst3-risset.git"
        }
    }
}

The url + optional path points to a risset.json manifest file

Manifest

Each plugin has an accompanying manifest in the .json format. The name of this file is always risset.json

Example of a manifest for a plugin

{
  "name": "else",
  "version": "1.10.0",  
  "opcodes": [
    "accum",
    "atstop",
    "bisect",
    "crackle",
	...
  ],
  "short_description": "Miscellaneous plugins",
  "long_description": "Collection of miscellaneous plugins",
  "csound_version": "6.16",
  "author": "Eduardo Moguillansky",
  "email": "eduardo.moguillansky@gmail.com",
  "license": "LGPL",
  "repository": "https://github.com/csound-plugins/csound-plugins",
  "binaries": {
    "linux": {
      "url": "https://github.com/csound-plugins/csound-plugins/releases/download/v1.10.0/csound-plugins--linux.zip",
      "extractpath": "libelse.so",
      "build_platform": "Ubuntu 18.04"
    },
    "macos": {
      "url": "https://github.com/csound-plugins/csound-plugins/releases/download/v1.10.0/csound-plugins--macos.zip",
	  "extractpath": "libelse.dylib",
      "build_platform": "10.14.0"
    },
    "windows": {
      "url": "https://github.com/csound-plugins/csound-plugins/releases/download/v1.10.0/csound-plugins--win64.zip",
	  "extractpath": "libelse.dll",
      "build_platform": "Windows 10"
    }
  }
}

Explanation of each term

• name: name of the plugin. This name must be unique
• version: a version string indicating the version of these binaries. The version should have the form "MAYOR.MINOR.PATCH" or "MAJOR.MINOR", where each term is an integer
• short_description: "A series of chaotic oscillators / noise generators"
• long_description (optional): "A longer description of what these opcodes do"
• csound_version: The minimal version of csound needed to run these opcodes. Example "6.14.0" (a string)
• binaries: A dictionary with platforms as keys. Possible platforms: "linux", "macos", "windows". The value for each entry should be itself a dictionary of the form:
  • url: the url where to download the plugin. Can point to a zip file.
  • extractpath: for the case when the url points to a compressed file, this field indicates whcat should be extracted from the compressed file
  • build_platform: a string identifying the platform used to build the binary
• opcodes: A list of all opcodes included in this plugin (for documentation purposes)
• author: The name of the author / mainteiner
• email: email of the author / mainteiner
• repository: the URL were the source code for this plugin is hosted, for reference

Platform support

It is desirable, but not a requirement, that all opcodes support the three major desktop platforms: linux, macos and windows. Support for a given platform is indicated by the availability of a binary for the given platform in the manifest.