[PD] vanilla, extended, svn and x86_64

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Sep 23, 2009, at 8:44 AM, Pierre wrote:

> Hi dmotd,
> many thanks for yours explanations !
>
>
>>> - is there a simple way to have and manage differents pd  
>>> (vanilla,  extended, gui-rewrite) with differents versions on the  
>>> same computer ?
>>>
>>
>> just compile without installing.. and launch pd from the command  
>> line using ./pd or something similar,
> ok
>
> I'll do that, don't install, and run ./pd from src directory
> because :
>
>> for something more sophisticated choose a different install target  
>> for each build and build a script that chooses version at /usr/bin/pd
>
> I think configuring '--prefix=' at each compilation will be too  
> confusing for me.
>
>
>>> - I would like to use the latest sources, nightly build was just  
>>> fine  for me on 32bit
>>>
>>
>> better anyhow, the latest stable candidate of extended is not  
>> designed for 64bit and needs to be heavily patched.
>>
> ok , a bit sad
> but I'll continue to try to compile and use the 64bit build


As far as I know, there are no 64-bit issues with the core of Pd- 
extended 0.41.4.  Not all libraries work at 64-bit yet though.  The  
more people who use 64bit means more people finding and reporting  
bugs, so they can be fixed, so I am glad you are taking this project on.

You could start with Pd-extended 0.42.5, which has not been released  
yet, and is a bit rough.

.hc


>>> - but I also need to have a method to build a stable pd-extended  
>>> release  if the latests sources give me pd crashes (I do Audio/ 
>>> Video live shows  and performance and stability are very important  
>>> on scene...)
>>>
>>
>> if you seriously want reliability then make a 32bit partition and  
>> install 32bit ubuntu 9.0 (or better still try an older more tested  
>> version of ubuntu) besides a lot of array based objects that have  
>> not been thoroughly ported to 64bit, 64bit pd is not propperly  
>> tested and needs a bit more time and attention. for performance  
>> stability stick with the tried and tested approach.
>>
>>
>
> ok
> Until now I always used nightly-build or pd-extended release on  
> 32bit, and I can easily come back to this solution :
> I have an other 32bit debian lenny on the same laptop,
> but I would prefer to use the same OS for test/create and  
> performance...
>
>
>
>> good luck.. if you seriously want to build for
>> ubuntu 9.0 x86_64, be prepared for a bit of frustration.. heres  
>> some extra reading - albeit out of date:
>>
>> http://puredata.info/docs/developer/BuildingPdExtended64bitUbuntuIntrepid
>> http://puredata.info/docs/developer/64BitLinux
>>
> ok
>> http://puredata.info/docs/developer/BuildingPdExtended
>>
>
> I'll retry using theses instructions
> I read on this page that :
>> Download the source package for Pd-Vanilla 0.42.4, extract it, and  
>> use it to replace the Pd core source in the Pd-0.40.3-extended  
>> folder. I did this as the 0.41 pd-extended core does not (as yet)  
>> have the 64 bit table bug resolved (tables are only read half way).  
>> Hopefully in the near future this step will not be necessary.
>
> I'll try this method and try with the pd's svn source as well
>
>
> thanks for your time and links !!
> It is a bit more understandable for me :)
>
> pierre
>
>
>
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