[PD-dev] pd-osc on OSX

[adam overton]

hello there

sorry to jump aboard the pd-dev list as a newbie, but i just wanted to 
relate some problems i had downloading and compiling pd-osc for OSX, 
and how i ended up troubleshooting them -- with the hope of either 
getting feedback on what i *really* should have done, or so that the 
maintainer of pd-osc may update the docs so that it'll be easier for 
folks like me to get it going later on. here's what happened:

...
i noticed the new disclaimer on the pure-data site regarding the new 
status of pd-osc, that now it's not actively distrbuted by the pd 
site...
i've seen two versions of the pd-osc external, the newest version at 
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pure-data/externals/OSCx/ (which 
is where i'm directed to go from the pd site), and an older version at 
the pd sourceforge site.

query # 1:
when i got to the site with the newer version, i couldn't figure out 
for the life of me how to download the entire contents of the OSCx 
directory all at once. i had to download each file one at a time. for 
future reference, is there a way to do this quickly and with one 
command that i don't know about?

as for the older version on sourceforge, i was able to easily download 
the whole thing happily in one shot, but jeez, i really wanted the 
newest one, not the 2002 version...

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here are some things that i had to mangle with as an OSX user trying to 
compile this stuff - these are the points where i'd either like some 
advice on what i should've done instead, or if i did what i was 
supposed to, then maybe the docs could be updated or modified for 
future users... i couldn't find the email addy of the maintainer of 
pd-osc in any of the docs, so that's why i'm sending this message here 
to the dev list... i imagine he's a lurker...

...
first off, i had to change the permissions of the configure file so 
that it could be executed, otherwise 'permission denied'.
chmod u+x configure
i imagine this executable bit was just lost in the download process...

...
next, i had to make sure to change my pd folder from 'pd-0.37-2' to 
just plain 'pd' or else the scripts in the configure file wouldn't know 
where to look for or put pd-related stuff...

...
at the website 
(http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/pure-data/externals/OSCx/ ), i 
didn't download the file 'install.sh' because it was blank, or 
'configure.h.in' because my browser kept telling me the file didn't 
exist (it also showed up blank when i viewed it). dummy files. after 
some mangling with ./configure, i finally downloaded the blank 
'install.sh' and created a blank doc called 'configure.h.in' and 
./configure was finally happy...

..
then, i was able to make it through './configure' and 'make' alright, 
but then when i got to 'make install' (as the superuser of course), i 
came across this error:
install -m644 *.pd_linux /usr/lib/pd/extra
install: *.pd_linux: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [install] Error 71
make: *** [install] Error 2

after some additional mangling, i went into OSCx/src/makefile and 
changed the line

install -m644 *.pd_linux $(prefix)/lib/pd/extra  #i assume an artifact 
from the linux-users compilation
to
install -m644 *.pd_darwin $(prefix)/lib/pd/extra

and everything i think compiled alright...

...
okay, so then after everything had finally compiled fine, after some 
investigation i discover that all of the wonderful new docs and 
externals have been thrown into an invisible folder (at least invisible 
to OSX's finder) that i really don't want to ever use (maybe someone 
can convince a good reason why i should): /usr/lib/pd/extra and 
/usr/lib/pd/doc
to overrule this, i then type a final command:

cp -R /usr/lib/pd/extra /Applications/Apps.Audio/pd/
cp -R /usr/lib/pd/doc /Applications/Apps.Audio/pd/

which adds the needed externals and docs into their pleasant places...

...

alrighty. so, basically, if someone has the time, please enlighten me 
to whether there could've been a way quicker and easier way for me to 
do all of this... and if not (and even if so, perhaps), it'd be super 
if the readme docs for pd-osc (and possibly even some of the 
installation docs) could be amended and updated to reflect these 
possible mods.

awesome. thanks so much for your help.
adam



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