[PD] install pd-ext from .deb?

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

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.


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