JUCE applications on Linux (Debian) take a long time to start. Why? Is it okay?
I don’t think it is OK. On Ubuntu 20.04 my app starts faster than on macOS.
Do you have a lots of font installed ? Just wondering if it might be a similar issue: Slow startup due to font enumeration (very old post, though, so I could be wrong)
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May be. I installed additional fonts.
The program takes a long time to start when first start it after restarting computer. Then it starts up quickly. It also happens when the code is rebuilt.
It‘s probably a good idea to launch your app under a profiler to get to the bottom of where excactly the long startup time is spent. Intel VTune is pretty easy to use if you are on x86_64
I saw such behavior with PipeWire running. Do you have it?
Yes, but I didn’t install it myself. Such a long start is somehow chaotic.
user@debian:~$ pipewire --version
pipewire
Compiled with libpipewire 0.3.19
It looks like the problem is really because of the fonts. The ‘noto’ fonts in these folders combined weighed over 700 MB. I removed them and the launch became fast.
/usr/share/fonts/opentype/noto
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto