[Pd] Installing Pd on Linux

[Chuckk Hubbard]

On 11/17/06, c. m. bryan <chrismbryan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 17/11/06, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So I untar this gz file and cd to the src directory.  I follow the
> > instructions, and pd installs to /home/chuckk/pd-0.40.0-2.  If I first
> > move the whole folder to /usr/local, I can't configure it as non-root.
> >  Isn't installation supposed to default to some /usr/.. folder, or is
> > that only if I install as root?
>
> Yes.
> If you want to keep the important bits in your home folder and still
> have pd in your path, you can always symlink, i.e.   ln -s
> /home/chuckk/pd-0.40.0-2/ /usr/local/bin/.  But you still need root
> access.
>
> I don't know if that's considered good practice though.

Nah, I don't want that stuff in my home folder, I like to keep that
clear.  It makes sense, now that I think about it: without installing
as root, I couldn't edit the /usr folder at all.  Duh.

> -Chris Bryan

Chris Bryan the microtonalist formerly of Philly?  Do I know you?

-Chuckk


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