[PD] gem installation on mac os 10.3.9

[Guenter Geiger]

1) Put Gem.pd_darwin into the extra folder (forgot the exact path, but you
must have been very close, it surely exists, just look around in the Pd
folder)

2) a) Open a patch and create an object "Gem"
OR
   b) Open the Pd->About, then the Pd->Settings->Startup and put "Gem" in
      the first line there. Press "Save all Settings" and restart Pd.
OR
   c) use the deprecated .pdrc (-lib Gem)


Check the terminal window for the GEM: startup message.
I normally tell people to use 1) followed by 2b). Unfortunately the
settings menu has a nasty bug that won't let you open the Startup
submenu, but this goes away as soon as you opened the "About" menu entry.

Guenter


On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, rene beekman wrote:

> 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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