[PD] How to update Pd 0.45.4 to 0.46.7 0n Ubuntu 14.4 (Odroid XU4)

[Joel Matthys]

On Linux it's most common for your compiled binaries to be installed to 
/usr/local. I recommend you keep this default, because if you ever want 
to remove the version you created you can do it without messing with 
your all-important /usr folder.

Ubuntu looks for binaries in /usr/local/bin before it tries /usr/bin. 
That means that your compiled 0.46-7 should be the preferred version.

You can double check this with:
$ echo $PATH

you should get something like 
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games: 
etc., meaning the OS will check the local folders first

If you launch pd from the terminal, does it launch the new version?

To get the menu launcher right, you probably need to edit 
/usr/share/applications/puredata.desktop (or pd.desktop or whatever it's 
called) to point to the right binary file in /usr/local/bin

-Joel

On 12/20/2015 11:32 AM, Alexandros Drymonitis wrote:
> I know very little about Linux, but I know that when you compile 
> software, the binary (or is it just a symlink to the binary?) is 
> installed in /usr/local/bin, not /usr/bin.
> Why do you have problems with externals? Can't you set their path in 
> Pd's preferences?
>
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 7:18 PM, Ingo <ingo at miamiwave.com 
> <mailto:ingo at miamiwave.com>> wrote:
>
>     OK, I did it once more and found out that it installed the files in
>     /usr/local/lib/ instead of /user/lib/ where it used to be.
>
>     It also did not associate the ".pd" extension with Pd anymore so I
>     have to
>     open them with "Open" from the file menu or the command line.
>
>     Could I simply move the pd folder to the old directory
>     (/user/lib/) or would
>     that cause problems?
>
>     I'm still having lots of problems with externals that I installed
>     via deken.
>     Doesn't look like I can get my old stuff running that was
>     originally created
>     with Pd-Extended.
>
>     Hmmm!
>
>     Ingo
>
>
>
>     > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>     > Von: Ingo [mailto:ingo at miamiwave.com <mailto:ingo at miamiwave.com>]
>     > Gesendet: Sonntag, 20. Dezember 2015 18:02
>     > An: 'Alexandros Drymonitis'
>     > Cc: 'pd-list at lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list at lists.iem.at>'
>     > Betreff: AW: [PD] How to update Pd 0.45.4 to 0.46.7 0n Ubuntu
>     14.4 (Odroid
>     > XU4)
>     >
>     > That's what I had thought originally.
>     >
>     > It did a bunch of stuff (without any errors) but I still had version
>     > 0.45.4 afterwards.
>     > Then I tried uninstalling 0.45.4 and the installing 0.46.7 but
>     that gave
>     > me no Pd at all ...
>     >
>     > Ingo
>     >
>     >
>     > ________________________________________
>     > Von: Alexandros Drymonitis [mailto:adrcki at gmail.com
>     <mailto:adrcki at gmail.com>]
>     > Gesendet: Sonntag, 20. Dezember 2015 17:52
>     > An: Ingo
>     > Cc: pd-list at lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list at lists.iem.at>
>     > Betreff: Re: [PD] How to update Pd 0.45.4 to 0.46.7 0n Ubuntu
>     14.4 (Odroid
>     > XU4)
>     >
>     > sudo make install?
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 6:22 PM, Ingo <ingo at miamiwave.com
>     <mailto:ingo at miamiwave.com>> wrote:
>     > I'm trying to update the Pd version 0.45.4 that came with the
>     Ubuntu 14.4
>     > on my Odroid XU4.
>     >
>     > I have downloaded the source of 0.46.7 and compiled it.
>     >
>     > The INSTALL.txt says this:
>     >
>     > …
>     > run the following commands:
>     >  ./autogen.sh
>     >  ./configure
>     >  make
>     >
>     > I ran that but this obvoiusly does not actually install Pd 0.46.7
>     >
>     > What is missing?
>     >
>     > Thanks, Ingo
>     >
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