Hi

I have switched to raspberry pi to make my project more portable.

My pd patch starts with comport--->convert.ascii2pd.

As I have understood, the external I use on my desktop won't work on raspberry pi.

Does an equivalent exist for RPi? How difficult would it be to adapt it?

Any clues/ideas appreciated.

Thank you!

What I have found is that even if I can't install the external, I can still use it if it is in the same folder as the patch I'm using.

That kind of sorts it for now but it would be cool to know how to do it anyway.

Cheers.

Hi

A folder called /pd-externals in your home dir is scanned by pd for externals. So create that and put your externals there.

you can simply compile the external's source code witch you are using on youre desktop system on the raspberry, or completely compile pd-extended on it. there is no need for adaption, only recompiling

Hey, sorry for the late reply,
I created the folder /pd-externals but pd-extended doesn't seem to find it on the pi.
I am not sure how to do the compiling but it seems easier just to have the external and my patch in the same folder.
Thanks a lot.

To compile an external you need a Makefile for the make program to read. Pd's website provides a generic Makefile that works fine, you just need to tweek a couple of things.

It's strange that the external works when it's in the same folder as your project, this usually happens with abstractions. Is the external a .pd_linux file? If so, you don't need to compile it, it's compiled. It might not work if it's compiled on a laptop, as tomchaossen mentioned. In this case you can find the source and compile it yourself.
As for the pd-externals directory, I don't think it must be in /, you can put it your home directory and set it in Pd's search path..