[PD-dev] pd-osc

Sat Aug 21 01:00:03 CEST 2004

awesome. thanks!!
adam

On Aug 20, 2004, at 3:51 PM, d.lj wrote:

>
> hu
>
> fyi, for OSCx i fixed that install bug and added the prefix option in
> the makefile.
>
> also i changed the stale cnmat licences to the more recent ones so it
> might be included again in larger packages ..
>
> bst, opt
>
> [adam overton]->[[PD-dev] pd-osc on OSX]->[04-08-16 09:17]
>
>  |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...
>  |
>  |...
>  |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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