Hi,

I had several topics about compiling pd-ext (latest night build) on my 686 desktop:

- is it possible to add a line to INSTALL.TXT saying that ubuntu users must install tcl/tk-dev, and *not just* tcl/tk? That saves time and pacience from checking the list. (same applies also to pd van)

- it would be also good that this file indicates which tcl/tk version is suitable to use with pd. I assumed the most actual version would be good, so I installed tcl/tk 8.5. Although it did build etc, when I try to run pd it complains that 

/usr/local/lib/pd/bin/pd-gui: error while loading shared libraries: libtk8.4.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

which I guess it means that tcl/tk 8.4 is necessary

- that said, I uninstalled tcl/tk-dev 8.5 and installed tcl/tk-dev 8.4. But the same message still appears, so now I don't understand what's the problem. libtk8.4.so.0 is at /usr/lib, so why can't pd find it?

(looking for libtk8.4.so.0 in the pd-list didn't bring much)

- and after correcting this problem, is it possible to mention it in the INSTALL.TXT file? The bottom line is, I think I still remember these issues (or similar ones, now I'm not sure) some years ago when I was trying to work with linux. And all that time later, they're still there. If they're "features" and are here to stay, it would be good to warn users upfront about it.

Another thing: any suggestions on how to setup the computer to have pd-ext and pd-van compiled at the same time? In windows is really easy, I just say which folder I want it to be, and all the files stay there, aren't distributed around the computer. How is it possible to make that the common files between both versions aren't overwritten? (or are common files also similar to one other?)

Thanks,

Joao

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