João Pais wrote:
Hi,
So I wanted to ask:
- which is the best way to install the new pd version? or is there a way
to add a repository where the newest version is available, so that
synaptic updates it automatically?
i don't think so. it might be a good idea.
- Is it possible to install pd-ext where the program already is,
usr/local/bin/pd?
.deb packages SHOULD NOT install to /usr/local (afair; i cannot give you any RFC/guideline/bestpractice that confirms this but you should be able to find something in the wide,wide,web)
so "just" installing the package SHOUT install to /usr/lib you can however manually extract the content of the package using % dpkg -x Pd-*.deb /extraction/path
so you could install the package manually to /usr/local it is not recommended however
- if pd-van (puredata) and pd-ext are different programs, why is the new
.deb file colliding with 'puredata', that is, pd-van?
because they are not totally different programs. the idea is, that you can use one as a drop-in replacement for the other: if you have either pd-vanilla (pacakge "puredata") or pd-extended installed, you can just run /usr/bin/pd to launch a Pd.
your package-manager should handle the dependencies/conflicts correctly, that is: ask you if you want to uninstall the "puredata" package when you try to install the "pd-extended" package.
- I have already changed some files / made copies of them in the same
folder. In case I install the new version on the same folder, will only
repeated files be overwritten? (f.e., "default.pdsettings" will be for
sure overwritten, but "default.pdsettings_backup" on the same folder won't
disappear?)
if it does overwrite a configuration-file without asking you, then this is clearly a bug.
mfga.sd IOhannes