Pd-vanilla appears in synaptic package manager but not pd-extended.

The book i'm learning from lists objects like:

output~

or

inv

Which don't work in Pd-vanilla.

How can I download pd-extended on Linux Mint?

@pharaohtut22 GEM is the graphics external library and it looks as though you have it already.
Impossible to say which other libraries you might need.......
If you want to do multimedia stuff then download and read this........ https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/12033/multimedia-programming-with-pure-data
It will tell you just about all you need to know.
And download this..... https://puredata.info/downloads/extended-view-toolkit..... which contains some serious tools built by some of the best in the field.
You can try the "Ofelia" library too, if it is available through Deken.
It might have a steeper learning curve than GEM...... but looks pretty useful.
David.

Interesting! How do I start the Deken-plugin?

@Nobody You probably already have it in your Pd Vanilla install, and it finds externals when you open "Help" in the Pd top menubar and then "Find Externals" and then either you type in a search word or you click the "Find All" Button.

I don't see the option "Find Externals" in the Help-menu...

I have Pd Vanilla 0.45.4. That is the version in the repositories of Linux Mint. Maybe I should update, but how?

@Nobody you'll need to compile it from the source. Download the source msp.ucsd.edu/Software/pd-0.49-0.src.tar.gz, read the INSTALL.txt and follow the instructions. It's not too complicated.

@solipp said:

@Nobody you'll need to compile it from the source. Download the source msp.ucsd.edu/Software/pd-0.49-0.src.tar.gz, read the INSTALL.txt and follow the instructions. It's not too complicated.

I tried it following the INSTALL.txt but it already went wrong at the very first command. I will open another topic especially about compiling Pd Vanilla from source on Linux Mint.

@whale-av Thank you that is so helpful.

I downloaded:

https://puredata.info/downloads/extended-view-toolkit.

Where do I copy and paste the extracted zip files into?

Is it the "extra" folder?

Where exacty is the "extra" folder?

Many thanks again for all help.

@pharaohtut22 The extra folder is at Pd/extra.
Usually every folder in the extra folder is "seen" by Pd, but if it is not then go to the top menu of Pd terminal, either File or Edit (sometimes different in different versions) Preferences >> Path.
Put the path to the folder in there.
Any folder anywhere can be found once it is in that list...... and probably sub-folders too.
David.

Thanks.

Just for reference the extra folder path is:

/usr/lib/pd/extra/Gem

Apologies for any delay getting back to you.

I downloaded about half the externals from the "find externals" page.

Also I changed the prefferences for the

"install extras to directory"

to:

home/computer/pd-externals

And I downloaded your two objects:

output~

inv

but it won't let me copy ad paste them into the home/computer/pd-externals folder, saying:

Extraction not performed

You don't have the right permissions to extract archives in the folder “extra”

How come i have downloaded all these externals and it still doesn't recognise "inv" or "output~"

Any help much apprieciated.

@pharaohtut22 Hello again.
You might need to unzip the two objects elsewhere, and then copy them to the extra folder. But you might need root permission even to do that.
I just have a folder on my desktop with any abstractions that I will be re-using. It has its path set in Pd preferences....... "search path for objects.... etc.".
Those two objects will work anywhere they are found by Pd..
If nothing else works then as a last resort copy them into the same folder as your patch.
David.