How to install plugins

Like for any plugin, before using plugins the last step is to install them in the audio plugins' location specific to the digital audio workstation (please refer to the digital audio workstation documentation) or to the operating system's default audio plugins' location.

MacOS

Copy the VST (.st), VST3 (.vst3*) or Audio Unit (.component) packages to their respectives locations.
Default VST & VST3 location
Default Audio Unit location

Linux

Copy the plugin folder that now contains the VST plugin itself (.lib) and its dependencies (the patches, the text file, etc.) to its specific location.
Default VST location

Windows

Copy the plugin folder that now contains the VST (.dll) and/or VST3 (.vst3) plugin and its dependencies (the patches, the text file, etc.) to its specific location.
Default VST & VST3 location

Important: On Windows, the file libpd.dll offered by the distribution must be installed. If you use the 32bits plugins on Windows 32bits or the 64bits plugins on Windows 64bits, the file libpd.dll must be installed in the folder C:\Windows\System32. If you use the 32bits plugins on Windows 64bits (if your digital audio workstation is 32bits), the file libpd.dll must be installed in the folder C:\Windows\SysWOW64.