# Many VST2 plugins are broken in Linux JUCE host

**URL:** <https://forum.juce.com/t/many-vst2-plugins-are-broken-in-linux-juce-host/42051>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Created:** [October 5, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/many-vst2-plugins-are-broken-in-linux-juce-host/42051 "2020-10-05T05:33:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![KottVV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/kottvv/32/14169_2.png) [@KottVV](https://forum.juce.com/u/KottVV)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/many-vst2-plugins-are-broken-in-linux-juce-host/42051/1 "2020-10-05T05:33:56Z")

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Hi there,

It confirmed in AduioPluginHost ant Tracktion 11.1.x beta.  
For example U-he VST2, Surge VST2 and LSP Plugins haven’t GUI under 6.0.1 on Linux. All of them worked fine under 5.4.7.

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**Author:** ![dave96](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/dave96/32/8487_2.png) [@dave96](https://forum.juce.com/u/dave96)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/many-vst2-plugins-are-broken-in-linux-juce-host/42051/2 "2020-10-05T12:51:57Z")

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What version of Linux is this?

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**Author:** ![KottVV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/kottvv/32/14169_2.png) [@KottVV](https://forum.juce.com/u/KottVV)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/many-vst2-plugins-are-broken-in-linux-juce-host/42051/3 "2020-10-05T13:05:54Z")

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Ubuntu 20.04  
openSUSE Tumbleweed

I can test Ubuntu 18.04 tomorrow

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**Author:** ![KottVV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/kottvv/32/14169_2.png) [@KottVV](https://forum.juce.com/u/KottVV)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/many-vst2-plugins-are-broken-in-linux-juce-host/42051/4 "2020-10-06T03:34:45Z")

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Yes, Ubuntu 18.04 affected too.

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**Author:** ![KottVV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/kottvv/32/14169_2.png) [@KottVV](https://forum.juce.com/u/KottVV)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/many-vst2-plugins-are-broken-in-linux-juce-host/42051/5 "2020-10-21T00:31:11Z")

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Could someone of JUCE devs look at that issue? It stops to use 6 version on Linux as a VST2 host.

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**Author:** ![ed95](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/ed95/32/7635_2.png) [@ed95](https://forum.juce.com/u/ed95)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/many-vst2-plugins-are-broken-in-linux-juce-host/42051/6 "2020-11-02T16:08:54Z")

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Thanks for reporting and apologies for the late reply. This should now be fixed on the `develop` branch in the following commit:

> <https://github.com/juce-framework/JUCE/commit/3f78998b967979da8523030ba76e807d4431efcd>

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**Author:** ![KottVV](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/kottvv/32/14169_2.png) [@KottVV](https://forum.juce.com/u/KottVV)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/many-vst2-plugins-are-broken-in-linux-juce-host/42051/7 "2020-11-02T22:34:30Z")

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\O/ Thank You!