[PD] gem installation on mac os 10.3.9

[B. Bogart]

Hi Rene,

Sorry about your troubles.

The suggestions to put something in
/Applications/pd/Contents/Resources/extra is a good suggestion.

I suggest you try one of the installers that include Gem to see if you can
get Gem to work:

at.or.at/hans "PD" "installers" as I recall

Or my pixelTANGO installer (less externals included, and more complex, but
there is a cute exposed "extra" folder under
/Applications/PixelTANGO/extra

http://tot.sat.qc.ca/down/pixeltango/binaries/PixelTANGO-v0.3.3G4.tgz

If these work then indeed it should be possible to do what your attemping
and there is just some anoyance in the way, if they don't work then you
should know now before you keep experimenting!

Oh and for the first installers on hans's page you need to start the Gem
library manually. Go to "PD" -> "Preferences" -> "startup" and type "Gem"
(without quotes) in the first available slot.

Also note that the standard way to do .pdrc stuff is now through the
"startup" and "path" Also note that the "preferences" menu is not
available  unless you create an empty patch just after starting PD.

good luck.

B>


> derek,
> thanks for the reply
>
>> AFAICT, the problem actually is with your flags. The .pdrc should
>> probably look like this:
>
> that's not how i read this instruction on the gem install page:
> "The Gem.pd_darwin file can be put anywhere in the filesystem if you
> put the following in the .pdrc file: -lib /path/to/Gem (like
> /Users/me/Library/Gem/Gem or /usr/local/lib/Gem and so on)."
>
> but that might be just me...
>
>> I am still not sure how the OSX shell handles these things, but one of
>> these combinations will surely give you victory.
>
> the way os x handles them is quite simple: paths with a space in them
> have to be put in quotation marks - both single and double will work.
> try it in the terminal;
> cd '/Library/Application Support/'
> is the same as
> cd "/Library/Application Support/"
>
>
> meanwhile, i've tried all of your suggestions
> unfortunately, all variants give a "Gem: can't load library" error
>
> also, following these instructions (again from the gem install page):
> "Alternately, the Gem.pd_darwin file can be put in the extra folder
> inside the Pd app bundle. Right click (or crtl+click) on the pd app and
> select 'Show Package Contents', which opens a new Finder window.
> Navigate to Contents/Resources/extra and copy Gem.pd_darwin there. Add
> -lib Gem to the .pdrc file to load Gem."
>
> opening package content of pd-0.38-3, in the Resources folder, there is
> no folder named extra. in fact, there are only 2 icns files there,
> nothing else.
> creating a folder named 'extra' and copying gem.pd_darwin there +
> having a single line in the .pdrc that says:
> -lib Gem
> also generates the "Gem: can't load library" error
> as does copying the library straight into Contents/Resources/
>
>
> so, in short; following either of the installation instructions of gem
> step by step does not lead to a working installation
> my question is; is there anyone who's running os 10.3.x with pd 0.38-3
> application bundle and who's managed to get gem to work?
> where did you install the library and what does your .pdrc look like?
>
> thanks again
> rene
>
>
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