[PD] loading libs / .pdrc (was: PD not finding externals)

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at eds.org
Wed Nov 22 03:13:33 CET 2006


Did you try the org.puredata.pd.plist file that comes in the original  
package?

If you find things are missing, please file a bug report.

.hc

On Nov 21, 2006, at 7:53 PM, robbert van hulzen wrote:

> i'm still having similar troubles (after reinstalling the app &  
> plist): pd
> not finding files. seems they're partly simply not there in pd- 
> ext-0.39.2-t5
> (certain help files, eg bonk~ & fiddle~) and partly they're not  
> loaded: it
> seems certain subfolders in /5.reference/ (eg ggee, ekext,  
> flatspace) are
> not loaded, hence--i suppose--not included in the path preferences.
> before fiddling with the prefs again (in the xml Property List  
> Editor or as
> accessed through pd), i'd like to know if someone can advise me on  
> how to do
> that exactly. matju suggested .pdrc. i wasn't able to discover what  
> and how
> that is in the list archives, could anyone enlighten me?
> thanks so much,
> cheers, robbert
>
> -- 
> Pd-0.39.2-extended-test5
> mac osx 10.4.8, 15" G4 PB 1.67 GHz, 1 GB ram
>
>
>> I am guessing that you are using Pd-extended and that you did not
>> read the included README.  There is a crucial step that is outlined
>> in that README which will most likely solve this problem.
>>
>> .hc
>>
>> On 11/12/06, Hector Centeno <hcengar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> How can I make PD to look for externals inside sub-directories? It
>>>> finds them when they are right into the lib/pd/extra directory  
>>>> but not
>>>> the ones inside other directories inside this one. For example,  
>>>> I want
>>>> to use the externals inside the folder extra/bsaylor but I have to
>>>> move them out of their folder in order to PD to use them. I can see
>>>> that almost all the externlas are in the same situation and  
>>>> that's the
>>>> way the installer installs them. Am I missing something here? Do I
>>>> have to move everything manually?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hector.
>
>
>
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