[PD-dev] [PD] how-do-i-install-externals-and-help-files page (was Re: Linux Global folder for externals)

[IOhannes m zmölnig]

(taking this to pd-dev, as i really think that these long development
related tasks are a nuisance for most parties)

On 03/03/2017 12:22 AM, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote:
> 2017-03-02 19:17 GMT-03:00 IOhannes m zmölnig <zmoelnig at iem.at>:
> 
>>
>> for starters, you could just follow the instructions on
>>    https://github.com/pure-data/deken/#download
> 
> 
> I had done that, but downloading deken-plugin.tcl
> <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pure-data/deken/master/deken-plugin.tcl> to
> my Pd folder doesn't do it...

what does it "not do"?

> 
> and I also tried to replace the pd_deken.tcl file inside the pd app for the
> new one, no luck...

what do you mean by "no luck"?

> 
> it load the deken plug in, but it's not asking to download to the user
> folder even if it is not there (let alone create it) 

what is it doing instead?
it's really hard to analyse (let alone fix) a "it doesn't work"-problem,
esp. if the author believes that it does work (so the problem seems to
be on "your" side (e.g. on a platform that hasn't been tested yet).
please be detailed in what you get.


> and it's not
> remembering the path between restarts.

why would it?
it's a different problem, and you might have missed
https://github.com/pure-data/deken/issues/140#issuecomment-283797373

grdsa
IOhannes



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