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<div><br></div><div>Let's keep this on the list, since it's a generally useful discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>I think it's something like this with Debian packages:</div><div><br></div><div>mkdir /tmp/pd</div><div>dpkg -x /path/to/Pd-extended.deb /tmp/pd</div><div>cd /tmp/pd/usr/bin/</div><div>./pd</div><div><br></div><div>Or since they are regular packages, you can easily install the new one, test it, then install the stable one when you are done.</div><div><br></div><div>.hc</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On May 13, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Joseph Barrows wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Hi Hans,<br>I would like to assist with the testing, but also need to always have a working system, is there an easy way to install two versions of PD and not hove them interfere with eachother?<br>(I'm using Ubuntu)<br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/5/13 Hans-Christoph Steiner <<a href="mailto:hans@eds.org">hans@eds.org</a>>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <br> Hey all,<br> <br> I've been fixing quite a lot of bugs in preparation of making the Pd-<br> extended 0.40.3 release. It's getting pretty much ready, so please<br> test it heavily so we can find any outstanding bugs!<br> <br> Jack just pointed out that pdp on Mac OS X/PowerPC is having problems<br> loading videos, and is crashing, so I am working on that now.<br> <br> .hc<br> <br> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> ----<br> <br> News is what people want to keep hidden and everything else is<br> publicity. - Bill Moyers<br> <br> <br> <br> _______________________________________________<br> <a href="mailto:PD-list@iem.at">PD-list@iem.at</a> mailing list<br> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> <a href="http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list" target="_blank">http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list</a><br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Joseph Barrows<br>live video performance; web site design; new media artist<br> <a href="http://jjbarrows.artwww.net">jjbarrows.artwww.net</a><br><a href="mailto:jjbarrows@artwww.net">jjbarrows@artwww.net</a></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div><br></div><div>----------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. - General Smedley Butler</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span></span> </div><br></body></html>