Michael,

you might want to check Sara Kolster's step-by-step instructions for Fink, PDP, PD and many associated libs here:

http://www.umatic.nl/pdp_install.html

At the very least, it will tell you how to make your .pdrc file ;-) It also has some tips for viewing hidden files and a couple of other useful Unix commands.

D.

Michael Podolak wrote:

Hello-

Considering I am slightly new to OSX, I was trying to install Pidip through Fink Commander during the past few days and ran into a bit of a problem...

Using Han's installer package I managed to put my Pd folder in my home directory where I bring the application forth through Terminal with the command line "~/pd/bin/pd" However, it seems like Pidip wants Pd to be in

---------" /usr/local/lib/pd/ ,so that I can put PidipD in /usr/local/lib/pd/pdp_pidip_osx "

Where is the /usr/local/lib directory and how do I move Pd to if it is hidden?

I was also instructed to perform the following:

*---------"Modify your .pdrc file* " by adding the lines: -path /usr/local/lib/pd/pdp_pidip_osx/abstractions -path /usr/local/lib/pd/extra:/usr/local/lib/pd/pdp_pidip_osx/abstractions -lib /usr/local/lib/pd/pdp_pidip_osx/pdp Remember .pdrc is a hidden file and should be located in your /home/ folder if it is not there make one yourself.

I tried typing in these lines in Terminal and X11 to no avail... Should this be done elsewhere in a different fashion? what exactly does this mean?

Thank you for the help, Podolakmichael