jack2 OS X uninstaller is very seriously broken

[eclab]

The uninstaller fails to remove a large portion of jack gunk.

This is a particularly serious problem because installation of jack2 breaks Java Audio applications, so with a broken uninstaller, Java Audio apps are permanently disabled after a single installation of jack2. That. Is not. Good.

To essentially exorcise jack2 from my machine and reenable Java audio, I had to dig through the jack2 installer and determine every single file it had installed, then manually delete them from my system. It wasn't fun.

[sletz]

The uninstalled command can be opened as a text file, here is the list of all installed files:

#!/bin/sh

TRASH="$HOME/.Trash"
MV="/bin/mv -f"
ERR=/tmp/remove_JackOSX_log

echo "Move all JackOSX ressources in the trash, put log file in /tmp/remove_jack_log"

sudo $MV "/usr/local/bin/jackd"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/bin/jackdmp"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/bin/jack_metro"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/bin/jack_lsp"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/bin/jack_disconnect"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/bin/jack_connect"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/bin/jack_load"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/bin/jack_unload"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/bin/jack_netsource"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/jackmp/jack_coreaudio.so"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/jackmp/jack_coremidi.so"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/jackmp/jack_loopback.so"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/jackmp/jack_net.so"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/jackmp/jack_netone.so"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/jackmp/netmanager.so"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/jackmp/netadapter.so"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/jackmp/audioadapter.so"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/jack.pc"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/include/jack"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/jackmp"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/Library/Frameworks/Jackmp.framework"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/Library/Frameworks/Jackservermp.framework"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/Library/Frameworks/Jacknet.framework"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/Library/Frameworks/Panda.framework"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/System/Library/Frameworks/Jackmp.framework"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/System/Library/Frameworks/Jackservermp.framework"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/System/Library/Frameworks/Jacknet.framework"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/System/Library/Frameworks/Panda.framework"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/libjack.0.dylib"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/libjack.dylib"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/libjackserver.0.dylib"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/libjackserver.dylib"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/libjacknet.0.dylib"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/usr/local/lib/libjacknet.dylib"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/JackRouter.plugin"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/JACK-insert.component"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/JACK-insert.vst"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "$HOME/Library/Preferences/JackPilot.plist"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "$HOME/Library/Preferences/JAS.jpil"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/Applications/Jack"   "/Applications/Trashed_Jack" 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/Applications/Trashed_Jack"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV /Library/Receipts/JackOSX.0.7*   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV /Library/Receipts/JackOSX.0.8*   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV /Library/Receipts/JackOSX.0.9*   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "$HOME/Library/Preferences/gpl.elementicaotici.JackPilot.plist"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "$HOME/.jackdrc"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/private/etc/jackd.conf"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/private/var/db/receipts/com.grame.jackosx.bom"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR
sudo $MV "/private/var/db/receipts/com.grame.jackosx.plist"   $TRASH 2>>$ERR

[eclab]

Yep. But that's useful to a coder like me, not to the average user. If I was stymied by this, I can only imagine what Joe Sixpack is going through. IMHO this should be a high priority issue.

[7890]

@sletz: the only thing I could imagine is that OP has a home directory with spaces in it or similar.
$TRASH can be "$TRASH" to exclude this possibility.

[7890]

.oO sudo mv to a spaced path is pretty dangerous ;)
(most likely mv will abort. that's the good news).

[eclab]

Nope. Pretty bog-standard setup home directory is a simple first name, all lower-case letters.

[sletz]

The situation is now: this JackOSX package was done years ago, I don't even have the source anymore. Nobody maintains JackOSX anymore. Its the curent package is considered "dangerous" then it would have to be explained clearly on the download page (like describe the exact situation..). I cannot do more.

[7890]

If the current binary can't be reproduced anymore this is indeed not a good situation. The maintainers have to decide what to do.

[falkTX]

My idea for jack2 on osx is to build the code using waf first, then figure out something regarding packaging.
Perhaps initially just dont even provide packaging, we have things like macports, homebrew and fink to install most opensource related packages.
After waf based builds are known to work properly, we can see about having an osx package.

[falkTX]

@sletz are you okay with me removing the jack-osx package/installer from the website?
I can do so...

[7890]

It works for others .. maybe just add a comment that it's EOL until there is a better solution?

[7890]

The uninstall file could be patched post-install if needed at all.

[sletz]

The JackOSX package is more than the jackd server. Its is also additional tools (like the JackRouter CoreAudio device and some others...). Adding a warning on the download site should be enough.

[jmcker]

Would anyone be able to provide more information on the whereabouts of source for JackRouter/JackPilot?

I'd like to take a look at it. I have waf builds working on High Sierra, but I can't find source to build JackPilot or JackRouter anywhere. I take it these are not in the main jack2 repo anymore/ever per the comment from @sletz.

[Elmer1995]

Que verguerio es este

[sletz]

The code in on SourceForge : https://sourceforge.net/projects/jackosx

[7890]

Can source really be found under https://sourceforge.net/projects/jackosx ? As far as I can see these are installation packages.

[sletz]

Use a cvs client and execute the commands explained here : http://jackosx.cvs.sourceforge.net

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/jackosx co -P JackWASIO
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/cvsroot/jackosx co -P jackosx

[dvzrv]

Seems it's CVS (omg): https://sourceforge.net/p/jackosx/code/