João Pais wrote: >>> - Is it possible to install pd-ext where the program already is, >>> usr/local/bin/pd? >> .deb packages SHOULD NOT install to /usr/local (afair; i cannot give you >> any RFC/guideline/bestpractice that confirms this but you should be able >> to find something in the wide,wide,web) > > hmm, that's where synaptic installed pd-ext in the first place. does it > mean that it should be somewhere else? I'll look for some documentation on > that.
iirc this was the (imho: buggy) behaviour of older Pd-extended debs. afaik, this has been fixed and pd-extended now installs into /usr. >> the idea is, that you can use one as a drop-in replacement for the >> other: if you have either pd-vanilla (pacakge "puredata") or pd-extended >> installed, you can just run /usr/bin/pd to launch a Pd. > > ah. in that case it would make sense for both to uncompact in the same > folder. but anyway I'm not sure that's the best way. they are 2 different > programs - for example, for a while I had to keep using pd-van, because of > features of data structures that were implemented only from 0.40.x well, i have no solution for you here. if you want to use pd-vanilla then you should install puredata; if you want to use pd-extended, you should use the according package. if the 2 have different versions, you have to decide yourself which one you prefer. mixing the 2 installations can be _a very bad idea_: externals compiled against Pd-extended (that is Pd 0.39) might not work properly with Pd-vanilla (0.41). however, it would be possible to regard both puredata and Pd-extended as totally different applications (with puredata installing to /usr/lib/pd/ and starting with /usr/bin/pd; and Pd-extended installing to /usr/lib/pd-extended/ and starting with /usr/bin/pd-extended, eventually installing a dpkg-alternative to /usr/bin/pd) however it is done: don't mix puredata and Pd-extended >> your package-manager should handle the dependencies/conflicts correctly, >> that is: ask you if you want to uninstall the "puredata" package when >> you try to install the "pd-extended" package. > > as H-C said, it doesn't seem to happen. I only get the error message, and > no other options available. then it might be a bug in the package-manager, but not in the package. fgmasdr IOhannes _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
