On 2018-06-12 12:10, Max wrote:
I'm looking for the canonical paths to install externals for the different platforms and only can find information which seems to be outdated, like here:
http://puredata.info/docs/faq/how-do-i-install-externals-and-help-files
why do you think it is outdated?
At least deken seems to install into ~/Documents/Pd/externals instead.
no. that's only half-true. deken uses a configured install path or - as a fallback - the first available (and writable) sys_search path. when *you* clicked on "yes, please create a ~/Documents/Pd/ folder for me where i want to put all the externals into" at the "first" startup of Pd, you implicitely created ~/Documents/Pd/externals/ and added it to deken's install path.
however, apart from this (missing) new-fangled path which seems to not integrate that well with Pd's search in the first place, everything you found on the how-do-i-install-exernals-and-help-files FAQ is correct.
There has been discussions about this frequently, but I can't seem to find the results of it. Was there something which was agreed upon?
nothing. there's a deep rift between the factions.
For which paths should an installer (ore make install) of an external look for?
in general i tend to use the pd-lib-builder Makefile as a reference for such things any such things (it's a bit less conservative than myself, without falling for each and every bel-de-jour).
btw, you should really consider using pd-lib-builder Makefile as the buildsystem for all externals.
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