[Pd] Loading externals in Linux

Chuckk Hubbard badmuthahubbard at gmail.com
Sun Nov 5 20:46:28 CET 2006


Ah, I found it.  For some reason I have pd-0.40-2 in both /usr/local
and in my home folder.  I copied the comport files to my home folder's
extra folder, and it works.  Now to decide which Pd to keep...

On 11/5/06, mik <mprims at skynet.be> wrote:
> hi
>
> i think it depends on where pd itself is: if it's in /usr/local/bin it
> will check /usr/local/lib/pd/extra, but if it's in /usr/bin it will look
>   in /usr/lib/pd/extra. just add /usr/local/lib/pd/extra to your path
> and it will always be checked.
>
> m
>
> Chuckk Hubbard schreef:
> > 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
> >>
> >> --
> >> "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to
> >> work hard at work worth doing."
> >> -Theodore Roosevelt
> >>
> >
> >
>
> --
>
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>


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