[PD] libjack problems

Conor J Curran forward at forwind.net
Thu Jun 22 18:53:52 CEST 2006


On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 18:06 +0200, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-06-22 at 17:31 +0200, geiger wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 22 Jun 2006, Roman Haefeli wrote:
> > > > Have you tried with apt-get install puredata ?
> > > > Theoretically it should be possible to use the externals together
> > > > with the puredata version that is shipped by ubuntu.
> > >
> > > it works, but there is a problem doing that: the external [import] won't
> > > load anymore (undefined symbol: sys_load_lib_dir) and since many
> > > externals are compiled as single objects in pd-extended, you would have
> > > to add a -path for each directory in [...]pd/extra/ .
> > 
> > .. or by instantiating the objects with a prefix (like "foo/bar") which
> > also prevents you from importing the wrong object.
> > 
> .. which is IMO the more elegant solution. thanks for that hint.
Let me clarify, I understand the pd -path [PATH]external. I could throw
the bash call into a bash script and bobs your uncle but as for the
other suggestion from Gunter :
	  > the objects with a prefix (like "foo/bar") which
> 	> also prevents you from importing the wrong object.
I'm lost there. What do you mean by that explicitly. Sorry Linux newbie
here...









More information about the Pd-list mailing list