1diff --git a/tools/yabridgectl/src/config.rs b/tools/yabridgectl/src/config.rs
2index d948beff..9b3f9ffb 100644
3--- a/tools/yabridgectl/src/config.rs
4+++ b/tools/yabridgectl/src/config.rs
5@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
6 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, HashSet};
7 use std::env;
8 use std::fs;
9+use std::iter;
10 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
11 use which::which;
12 use xdg::BaseDirectories;
13@@ -225,34 +226,27 @@ impl Config {
14 }
15 }
16 None => {
17- // Search in the system library locations and in `~/.local/share/yabridge` if no
18- // path was set explicitely. We'll also search through `/usr/local/lib` just in case
19- // but since we advocate against installing yabridge there we won't list this path
20- // in the error message when `libyabridge-chainloader-vst2.so` can't be found.
21- let system_path = Path::new("/usr/lib");
22+ // Search through NIX_PROFILES & data home directory if no path was set explicitly.
23+ // NIX_PROFILES is iterated in reverse from the most specific (the user profile) to
24+ // the least specific (the system profile).
25+ let nix_profiles = env::var("NIX_PROFILES");
26 let user_path = xdg_dirs.get_data_home();
27- let lib_directories = [
28- system_path,
29- // Used on Debian based distros
30- Path::new("/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu"),
31- // Used on Fedora
32- Path::new("/usr/lib64"),
33- Path::new("/usr/local/lib"),
34- Path::new("/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu"),
35- Path::new("/usr/local/lib64"),
36- &user_path,
37- ];
38+ let lib_directories = nix_profiles.iter()
39+ .flat_map(|profiles| profiles.split(' ')
40+ .rev()
41+ .map(|profile| Path::new(profile).join("lib")))
42+ .chain(iter::once(user_path.clone()));
43+
44 let mut candidates = lib_directories
45- .iter()
46 .map(|directory| directory.join(VST2_CHAINLOADER_NAME));
47+
48 match candidates.find(|directory| directory.exists()) {
49 Some(candidate) => candidate,
50 _ => {
51 return Err(anyhow!(
52- "Could not find '{}' in either '{}' or '{}'. You can override the \
53+ "Could not find '{}' through 'NIX_PROFILES' or '{}'. You can override the \
54 default search path using 'yabridgectl set --path=<path>'.",
55 VST2_CHAINLOADER_NAME,
56- system_path.display(),
57 user_path.display()
58 ));
59 }
60diff --git a/tools/yabridgectl/src/main.rs b/tools/yabridgectl/src/main.rs
61index e66ef0da..bfe9c8bf 100644
62--- a/tools/yabridgectl/src/main.rs
63+++ b/tools/yabridgectl/src/main.rs
64@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
65 .long_help(
66 "Path to the directory containing \
67 'libyabridge-chainloader-{clap,vst2,vst3}.so'. If this is not set, \
68- then yabridgectl will look in both '/usr/lib' and \
69+ then yabridgectl will look through 'NIX_PROFILES' and \
70 '~/.local/share/yabridge' by default.",
71 )
72 .value_parser(parse_directory_path)