If you install it using binary tarball (or build it using ./tar_em_up -u), it will install into /usr/local/lib/ folder so it shouldn't mess with the regular pd/pd-extended. The deb OTOH cannot (yet) coexist with pd-extended, mainly due to shared names of some of the binaries (e.g. pd-gui)...
HTH > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Kelly [mailto:morph_2...@yahoo.co.uk] > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 8:18 PM > To: Ivica Ico Bukvic; 'Hans-Christoph Steiner'; pd-list@iem.at > Subject: Re: [PD] GUI overload > > > While you're at it, it would be great if you could also try pd-l2ork > > and > > > report any gui overload issues. There are debs available on the site > > (http://l2ork.music.vt.edu), although the most up-to-date ones are > > found in the http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/data/pd/ folder. You can also > > install from git using automated install script. > > > Is it independent of the normal Pd install? Its just I have some gigs coming > up, and I don't want to fry the (stable) system I have. Especially with teaching > starting again next week (less time vs eating) > > I have an old Dell laptop I can test on if not, once I get the Broadcom WiFi > working in Ubuntu. > > Ed > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Ico > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: pd-list-boun...@iem.at [mailto:pd-list-boun...@iem.at] On > >> Behalf Of Ed Kelly > >> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 6:16 PM > >> To: Hans-Christoph Steiner; pd-list@iem.at > >> Subject: Re: [PD] GUI overload > >> > >> Hey Hans... > >> > >> I'm on Lucid (10.04LTS Ubuntu). I've tried to get later Ubuntu > > versions to > > run > >> on my new and old machines with no success, so I compiled the source > >> code of Pd-extended 0.43 (2012-12-28 build). All was fine in > >> linux_make/, then > > I > >> tried "sudo make install" from packages directory. > >> > >> install -p -m 644 jmmmp-meta.pd \ > >> /home/edward/software/pd/extended/0.43/pd- > >> extended/packages/build/lib/pd-extended/extra/jmmmp > >> test -z "" || (\ > >> install -p -m 644 /home/edward/software/pd/extended/0.43/pd- > >> extended/packages/build/lib/pd-extended/extra/jmmmp && \ > >> ) > >> /bin/sh: Syntax error: ")" unexpected > >> make[2]: *** [libdir_install] Error 2 > >> > >> ? > >> Ed > >> > >> > >> Gemnotes-0.2: Live music notation for Pure Data, now with dynamics! > >> http://sharktracks.co.uk/ > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: Hans-Christoph Steiner <h...@at.or.at> > To: pd-list@iem.at > >> > Cc: > >> > Sent: Friday, 28 December 2012, 5:22 > Subject: Re: [PD] GUI > >> overload > > > Hey Ed, > > I just committed a couple more fixes > >> for [tgl] and [mknob] that make > them only send the GUI updates > >> when something actually has changed. > >> > This can greatly reduce the amount of traffic to the GUI. > >> > > >> > Can you try your patch with the 2012-12-28 build of Pd-extended > >> and > see if you still get freezes? > >> > http://autobuild.puredata.info/auto-build/2012-12-28/ > >> > > >> > .hc > >> > > >> > On 12/16/2012 08:47 AM, Ed Kelly wrote: > >> >> Hi List, > >> >> > >> >> I'm not going to say whether this is a "recurrent" > > problem as > >> > it's hard to say whether the rewrite of the GUI has affected it... > >> >> > >> >> I'm using a lot of abstractions with larger GOP or non-GOP > > GUIs, and > >> >> I > >> > find the following problem occurs. There comes a point where the > >> GUI > objects stop responding in a patch when it is reloaded. I am > >> wondering > if there is a specific limit to GUI objects that could > >> be changed. I > think Pd is making some kind of decision that > >> "there's too > > much of > >> > this stuff - I'm gonna prioritize the audio and not worry about > > it" > >> > and I'd like to know how or if it is possible to control this > > process > >> > from within Pd, or by setting flags on the command line. > >> >> > >> >> I'm also making less GUI intensive versions for performance > > time, > >> >> since > >> > the really big GUI patches are often pattern-sequencers which I > >> will > not want to program when I am performing. Example patch > >> enclosed to > give you an idea. The really GUI-intensive objects are > >> the trackers, > especially quadtracker (which I think has pushed the > >> GUI of Pd patches about as far as I can go now). > >> >> > >> >> System: quad core i5 PC running Ubuntu (10.04 Lucid), Pd-0.43-4, > >> >> lots of > externals compiled and loaded. > >> >> > >> >> Warm wishes, > >> >> Ed > >> >> > >> >> Gemnotes-0.2: Live music notation for Pure Data, now with > > dynamics! > >> >> http://sharktracks.co.uk/ > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > >> >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > >> >> > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > >> > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > >> > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > _______________________________________________ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list