[PD-dev] adding standard install paths to the 'puredata' package

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Hey all,

For the new 'puredata' package, I think we should add the user- 
installed paths that have been included with Pd-extended for a while  
now.  Additionally, I'd like to Debianize the directory names (i.e. / 
usr/lib/puredata) and add /usr/lib/pd-externals for the install path  
for libraries that can be used with 'puredata', 'pd-extended',  
'desiredata', etc.

Here are the user-installed locations:
http://www.puredata.info/docs/faq/how-do-i-install-externals-and-help-files-with-pd-extended

The user-installed folders would not be created by the package, just  
searched if they exist, so people can completely ignore them if they  
want.  I propose the search order look like this:

- paths from preferences
~/pd-externals/
/usr/local/lib/pd-externals
/usr/lib/pd-externals
/usr/lib/puredata

Ultimately, I think some of this stuff should end up in a 'pd-common'  
package, including things like the file mime types and the directory / 
usr/lib/pd-externals.


.hc

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