[PD] 64bit runtime error 'couldn't read file "/usr/tcl//pd-gui.tcl"'

[David Woodfall]

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>On 2014-04-09 10:01, David Woodfall wrote:
>>
>> Compiled from source obtained from the pd project page, using this
>>  method to package it:
>
>i can think of three different "project pages":
>- - http://msp.ucsd.edu/software.html
>- - http://puredata.info/
>- - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pure-data
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>>
>> ./autogen.sh
>>
>> CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \ ./configure \
>> --prefix=/usr \ --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
>> --sysconfdir=/etc \ --datadir=/usr/share/pd \ --localstatedir=/var
>> \
>
>i guess these are standard configure flags for slackware builds, as
>most of them are not used in Pd.
>
>> --enable-alsa \ --enable-setuid \ --enable-jack \
>> --enable-portaudio \ --disable-portmidi
>>
>> make make install DESTDIR=$PKG
>>
>>> which OS are you using? your path only indicate that it is a
>>> un*x like system, but it might help to know whether you are using
>>> some obscure linux distro or plain irix :-)
>>
>> Slackware linux 14.1 64bit
>
>aha.
>i don't have any experience with slackware, however...
>
>>
>>>> % locate pd-gui.tcl /usr/bin/pd-gui.tcl
>>>> /usr/lib64/pd/tcl/pd-gui.tcl
>>>
>>> /usr/lib64/? is this path still used on some (linux) systems?
>>> openSuSE?
>>
>> I though most 64bit OS's used /usr/lib64?
>
>dunno.
>i'm mainly using Debian, which has switched to a more extendible
>scheme a while ago (using /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ and the like)
>it also allow to put "native" libraries (e.g. 64bit libs on a 64bit
>system) directly into /usr/lib/.
>
>anyhow, Pd currently hardcodes it's system path to (afaict)
>@prefix@/lib/pd/ (to be precise, it tries some more, but it definitely
>does *not* use @prefix@/lib64/pd/ nor the more sensible "@libdir@/pd"
>or even "@pkglibdir@".
>
>so i guess you currently have to patch your Pd in order to make it
>work on 64bit slackware. something like the following:
>> sed -i -e "517s|lib/pd|lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/pd|" src/s_main.c
>
>
>fgasdmr
>IOhannes

The configure/Makfile do correctly put the libs in place.
Package contents:

http://www.r0t.co.uk/paste/p/hbPMoC73.html

But that doesn't mean that pd will look there for modules.

I tried symlinking /usr/lib64/pd/tcl/pd_connect.tcl to /usr/bin/.
but it still doesn't find it.

pd-gui.tcl
Error in startup script: can't find package pd_connect
    while executing
"package require pd_connect"
    (file "/usr/bin/pd-gui.tcl" line 26)

I'm not quite sure where it is define where to look.

-Dave