<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">(Please reply all to keep the pd-list in the thread.)<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">What am I doing wrong to make these allegedly easy installs such a chore?</blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Honestly, I can't tell what you are doing any more.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We are about to leave for an early train, so I'll be brief.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># External Type</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Pure Data external libraries can be composed of:</div><div class="">1. abstractions: reusable .pd patches</div><div class="">2. compiled: .c files compiled into either a .dll per-object or a single .dll for all objects</div><div class="">3. a combination of both</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Which "Pure Data" ?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All of my responses have been focused on using "Pd vanilla" which is the distribution by Miller Puckette. I cannot speak to using Purr Data or Pd-L2ork, etc.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># Which external versions?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you re finding pre-compiled externals as .zips on <a href="http://predate.info" class="">predate.info</a>, then they are most likely *extremely old* at this point, which is why they are missing objects.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""># PLEASE TRY THIS</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">At this point, I don't know which "Pure Data" you are using, but at least I know you are using Windows based on the MS Explorer screenshots.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">First, I would also suggest trying Roman's suggestion of trying the newer Arduino external which only requires a single external library...</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Otherwise, please try the following:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1. Download the Pd vanilla for Windows 32 bit from <a href="http://puredata.info/downloads/pure-data" class="">http://puredata.info/downloads/pure-data</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">2. Start Pd and Click "Ok" when it asks to create the Documents directory.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">3. If step 2 doesn't happen, go to the preferences & open Path, then click on Reset for both the Documents dir and externals path.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">4. Open Help->Find externals and install the libraries you need, one at a time (mapping, zexy, moscow, unauthorized) etc:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> A. Type the name into the search box.</div><div class=""> B. Click the newest version you see to download to ~/Documents/Pd/externals</div><div class=""> C. Repeat</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">5. Try loading the arduino patch</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you cannot run the 32 bit build, you can try the 64 bit build but not all of the older externals are available for 64 bit.</div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 23, 2019, at 1:28 AM, henry birdseye <<a href="mailto:henry.birdseye@gmail.com" class="">henry.birdseye@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><p class="">Thanx Dan. You have come the closest to describing what's going
on. I'm diligently searching for missing components, and have had
*some* success.<br class="">
</p><p class="">I found mapping on <a href="http://puredata.info" class="">puredata.info</a>. This has the files I need.</p><p class="">Moocow is on <a href="http://puredata.info" class="">puredata.info</a>, too. But I'm pretty sure I need
"bytes2any.pd" not "bytes2any.dll".<br class="">
<span id="cid:part1.5D69DF5B.EBC6D244@gmail.com"><gamfpndlmjgflnop.png></span></p><p class="">Zexy-2.2.4 is missing makesymbol and unpack</p><p class="">Comport0.2 doesn't have anything just named "comport," but does
have<br class="">
<span id="cid:part2.4E206EE8.9A17B994@gmail.com"><lmkngoafiggoepam.png></span></p><p class="">Cyclone appears not to have anything I need. For example, loading
"arduino-test.pd" PD Vanilla reports "couldn't create
cyclone/prepend"<br class="">
because it's not there.<br class="">
<span id="cid:part3.1611D1A2.FAEC462B@gmail.com"><ipippnbmlcikhfkh.png></span></p><p class="">Googles and site search for "pddp" come up with list of workshops
and tutorials for Pure Data. No externals.</p><p class="">So, now, running arduino-test.pd, the list of missing elements is
much shorter, but still missing stuff.</p><p class=""><span id="cid:part4.6CB3E261.185B9FCA@gmail.com"><gdhofaopelhegkem.png></span></p><p class="">What am I doing wrong to make these allegedly easy installs such
a chore?</p><p class="">Thanks for hanging in this far.</p><p class="">Henry</p>
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