If you have Debian running on the Beagleboard, building Pd-extended should just be a matter of following the standard Debian instructions. Start with BuildingPdExtended on puredata.info.
.hc On Mar 1, 2012, at 1:36 AM, dreamer wrote: > I'm not sure how easy it is to generalize ARM platforms though. The > processor in the RasPi is an ARM11, compared to for instance the > Cortex-A found in beagleboards and other devices it has quite a > reduced instruction set and doesn't support stuff like NEON, which can > be very beneficial for media applications (not sure if Pd could make > use of it though). > > Talking about ARM personally, I'm interested in getting PD and Gem > (preferably pd-extended) running on the Pandora, which has a Cortex-A8 > like the beagleboard. I have tried the debian package here > http://enchevetres.org/doku.php?id=tek:puredata inside the pandebian > program (a chroot to run debian packages for the pandora os), but the > program was completely unusable. > > If anyone has success getting pd-extended compiled for Cortex-A8 from > source I'm very much interested in any tips. > > > Alexander > > > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Pierre Massat <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thank you all for your encouraging replies. >> >> @Scott : I 'm also wondering what the Pi is capable of dsp-wise. >> @Charles : I don't know the power of the dark side, but I'm dying to learn >> more about it! >> >> I guess we'll continue this thread when one of us managed to get his hand on >> a Pi. >> >> Pierre. >> >> >> 2012/3/1 Hans-Christoph Steiner <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>> There are some fedora packages of pd floating around. It would be great >>> for someone to update them and include them in the pure-data SVN or some >>> repo somewhere. Also, if someone makes a fedora package .spec file for the >>> Library Template, it'll be really easy to package lots of other libraries >>> for Fedora. >>> >>> If you get Debian running on the Pi, then just apt-get install puredata. >>> >>> .hc >>> >>> On Feb 29, 2012, at 1:15 PM, Scott R. Looney wrote: >>> >>> i figure it won't be too long before nearly everyone including planet >>> CCRMA has a build going specifically for the Pi. there' s a very good chance >>> the Pi Foundation can license the design to other makers, so by May or so >>> i'd bet a number of different places will have them in stock. the biggest >>> issue for me is how much DSP performance you get out of something whose >>> speed matches the iPhone 3GS. the awesome thing would be to put their >>> display engine to work doing DSP but i think that's a long way down the line >>> if ever due to the limited API access. i started a thread about this a bit >>> ago and if i remember, the falling down point of ARM was that it didn't >>> handle floating point well. i'd be curious how much these devices could be >>> pushed. >>> >>> scott >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 1:01 PM, Charles Henry <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Pierre Massat <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 2012/2/29 Charles Henry <[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Pierre Massat <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Dear List, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm planning to buy a Raspberry Pi sometime soon, and I'd like to >>>>>>> know >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> implications of the ARM11 chip on the use of Pd. >>>>>>> I know nothing about the differences in architectures, so i'd like >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> know : >>>>>>> - why an ARM chip would be a problem for compiling, installing and >>>>>>> running >>>>>>> Pd, >>>>>> >>>>>> It's not a problem--Pd compiles and runs on the arm architecture. >>>>>> Android devices for example have arm processors. Debian pure data >>>>>> packages are available for arm. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> That's good news! I suppose Debian packages can't be installed in >>>>> Fedora, >>>>> can they? >>>> >>>> No--planet CCRMA has some i386 pd packages, but not arm. If you want >>>> to run Fedora and Pd, you will need to compile it. If only you knew >>>> the power of the dark side, and by dark side, I mean Debian. >>>> >>>> If you didn't get your pre-order in time for this batch, you'll have >>>> to wait a month, I bet. 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