Hi all

slowly pd drives me nuts. I do have installation issues which I cant get my head around. While I was able to install pd in loads of different ways (and it runs all the time just fine) I have problems installing externals (one exception: gridflow). At the moment I have pd installed with the help of apt-get, together with gem and pd-externals. when I start pd, those libraries arent loaded though. And I cant find the locations of them. So how do I have to edit .pdrc to bind them?

and if I want to install pdp and pidip (in case they are not inside this pd-externals package) where should I install them?

Or should I consider a different installation method altogether to be able to be uptodate with new versions?

I appreciate every help I can get.

kind regards

martin

In a terminal window type:

"
slocate .pd_linux
"

That should list all files with .pd_linux somewhere in their full path. .pd_linux is the extension for Pd externals and external libraries.

Usually the database of files is updated nightly, so if nothing shows up, try as root:

"
updatedb
"

and then do the slocate again.

Once you have found the files, say:

"
/path/to.ExTeRnAl.pd_linux
"

then you can put in your .pdrc or on the command line:

"
-lib /path/to/ExTeRnAl
"

or

"
-path /path/to -lib ExTeRnAl
"

depending on your preference.