[PD] installing two Pd & .deb to .tar.gz

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

chun lee wrote:
> hi there:
> 
> just another quick questions;)
> 
> 1. how can i install 2 pd on in Linux? for example, having both pd and
> pd-extended. 

just put them into 2 separate paths and call the instance apropriately.
deb/rpm-packages tend to install files into /usr/bin /usr/lib ...
when compiling software yourself it is good use to install applications 
into /usr/local/bin /usr/local/lib ...

> 
> 2. i have redhat fedora, and is there a way to convert the .deb file
> into .tar.gz? 
dpkg -x maddebfile_0.1-1_i386.deb .
the files are in the data.tar.gz file

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