[PD-dev] debian installation paths for Pd(X)

[IOhannes m zmölnig]

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> On Wed, 2010-06-09 at 22:09 -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
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>> Until we get the 'puredata' package installing its extra stuff in a  
>> separate dir from /usr/lib/pd, then its tricky to make 'pdextended'  
>> use /usr/lib/pd.  But once that's separated, its easy.
> 

hmm, i'm not sure i fully understand the need.


- - external-packages (e.g. pd-wiimote), have to install somewhere, the
obvious place would be /usr/lib/pd/extra (for both puredata and pdx)

- - "puredata" provides almost no externals (and they could be factored
out into separate packages): expr~, fiddle~/sigmund~, pd~,... (~10)

so what's the bug advantage, if "puredata" installs into
/usr/lib/puredata and also searches /usr/lib/pd/extra (since
/usr/lib/puredata/extra is virtually empty)?

with pdx it is (currently) a bit different as it comes with so many
externals, and we want to avoid conflicts with pd-externals (and simil.)

installing to .../puredata has the theoretical advantage of allowing to
install externals that are known to not work with PdX, and thus won't
interfere, if PdX was looking in /usr/lib/pd/.

i think this is rather theoretical (currently i don't know of any such
external), but at least it allows for this possibility.

thus it's probably more "elegant" and "cleaner".
is it worth the effort?


mfgas.r
IOhannes

PS: sorry if i started a new thread for an already existing one; it's
actually a reply to a private email from roman, turned into pd-dev
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