What would be the preferred location to install the flext header and library files in linux? I know, that I can give the FLEXTPATH in my Makefiles, but maybe it would be a good idea, to agree upon a common location, as everyone will have the flext source files somewhere else.
Personally I would just put the header in /usr/include and flext.a in /usr/lib or somewhere under /usr/lib/pd. I'm not sure, where you wanted it to land, maybe $(PDEXTRA), but that one is not defined in the flext makefile. It is in xsample, though.
Hmmm, i didn't spend brain-time on that. I simply put the flext source where i develop my externals (i.e. /home/thomas/prog/pd/flext), and the lib in some subfolder of that .....this is surely no portable behavior.... /usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib is just fine. Be aware that the flext.a may not be upwards compatible for the next few "releases". I'll fix the path stuff for the upcoming next release (featuring list/anything for all inlets)
greetings, Thomas