[PD] Re: Building PD on Mac OS X Tiger

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

The Pd-extended binaries should work fine on Tiger.  Try RC6:
http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html


Any of the recent versions should build on Tiger.  Here are some basic  
setup instructions for compiling Pd-extended:

http://puredata.org/docs/developer/darwin

Post any problems you have with those instructions.

.hc

On Jan 8, 2006, at 4:24 AM, lists.puredata.info at cefn.com wrote:

> I'd like to build the latest stable version of PD from source on my  
> Mac OS X Tiger machine, for the following reasons.
>
> To build libraries and modules which rely on pd, knowing that the  
> source is compatible
> Confidence I have the latest version, to reduce issues associated with  
> changes to important libraries such as tcltk in Mac OS X Tiger.
> To know exactly what I've added to the system
>
> I'm somewhat confused as to...
> a) What is the latest stable source version suitable for compatibility  
> with Mac OS X Tiger (sourceforge indicates that 0.38-1 is newer than  
> 0.38-4, and other online sources claim to have 0.39 builds of PD).

> b) How tcltk should be acquired and in a way to avoid the following  
> error from cd pd-0.3.x-x/src/; ./configure; make  
> libtool: can't open file:  
> ../../Frameworks/Tk.framework/Versions/Current/Tk (No such file or  
> directory)
> libtool: can't open file:  
> ../../Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Versions/Current/Tcl (No such file or  
> directory)
>
> Are there any up to date resources which list members could point me  
> to? There are lots of traces around which might suggest worthwhile  
> routes to completing a successful build, and I've been able to get  
> the Pd-0.38.4-extended-RC2.app to run as a binary on my powerbook OK  
> so somebody must know how to build for this platform, but there  
> doesn't seem to be a definitive record of what is the latest  
> Tiger-compatible source release, or what is the way Tcltk should be  
> acquired and integrated to have it end up in the right place for the  
> regular installer to recognise it.
>
> I've built tcltk both with the BatteriesIncluded distrib from 
> http://tcltkaqua.sourceforge.net/
> and from Fink
> sudo fink install tcltk tcltk-dev tcltk-shlibs
> and from DarwinPorts 
> sudo port install tcl
> but no luck yet.
>
> I'll accept any flames of the form google for 'X Y Z', since I can't  
> find the magic combination.
>
> In the end I wish to control quicktime video playback speed through  
> PD, driven by signals from a basic stamp, delivered through the serial  
> port, as described here http://cefn.com/curiosity/?pagename=handcar.  
> Any thoughts on this approach would be welcomed.
>
> Cefn
> http://cefn.com/curiosity/
>
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