[Pd] Loading externals in Linux

[Chuckk Hubbard]

BTW, I also tried [declare] with an absolute path, naming "-lib
comport" specifically, and it wouldn't load.

On 11/5/06, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
> I'm once again trying to control my school's Moog with Pd, this time
> going with the serial port on my new laptop.
> I downloaded and compiled the [comport] external.  I moved the file
> comport.pd_linux to /usr/local/lib/pd/extra.  If I open the
> comport-help file, which I moved to the same folder, it opens fine.
> However, if I start a new patch and add a [comport] object, it is
> unable to load.  Why does [comport] not load, while [expr] and its
> cousins do?  Does Pd not check /usr/local/lib/pd/extra?
>
> Thanks.
> Chuckk
>
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