[PD] installing pd libraries on linux

Frank Barknecht fbar at footils.org
Sun Oct 31 09:11:43 CET 2004


Hallo,
pun chik hat gesagt: // pun chik wrote:

> hi! i installed agnula demudi and  im pretty new with linux.
> is there any tutorial or link for installing pd libraries on linux???

Most Pd externals are already installed on A/Demudi. To activate
external libraries like zexy for your user account, you either start
Pd with "pd -lib zexy" or create a textfile in your home directory
called ".pdrc".

For example, the terminal command: 

$ evim ~/.pdrc

will make you edit the file in the "Easy Vim" editor. Just write:

-path /usr/lib/pd/externs
-lib zexy:Gem

into it. You also can see or edit the current path from inside Pd
using the "Path" menu entry. All this should be described in the HTML
docs.

For installing new packages or updating them, you have to be logged in
as root. You can do this using "aptitude" without starting a new X-Window
session in a terminal by: 

$ su - 
<input root password>

$ aptitude

Ciao
-- 
 Frank Barknecht                               _ ______footils.org__




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