[PD] Pd in command line opens pd-extended

IOhannes zmölnig zmoelnig at iem.at
Thu Feb 7 22:33:32 CET 2013


On 02/07/2013 09:58 PM, Julian Brooks wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Reinstalled Pd-extended again yesterday from most recent debian wheezy 64b
> and now typing pd on command line open pd-extended.
>
> Looking in /usr/bin/pd - when highlighting pd there's a link to
> /etc/alternatives/pd
> /etc/alternatives/pd when highlighted has a link to /usr/bin/pd-extended?
>
> Slightly weirdly /usr/bin/pd-extended has a link to
> /etc/alternatives/pd-extended
> /etc/alternatives/pd-extended is then linked back to /usr/bin/pd-extended?
> Or is that supposed to happen?
>
> Anyways - I would like pd back to pd please so how would I go about that?
>

assuming that by the 2nd "pd" you mean pd-vanilla, then:
- you can launch it as "puredata"
- you can set the "pd" alternative back to puredata by running (as root):
  # update-alternatives --config pd
  and then select "puredata", rather then "pd-extended"

gfmar
IOhannes



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