Hi!

I successfully installed Patchbox OS:

[Beta] Patchbox OS image 2020-11-23

with Pd 0.50.2 installed

Works like a charm so far! External USB sound card works, headless autostart with chosen pd patch, audio works fine. Almost seems too good to be true.

Now I would like to install convolve_tilde and timbreID that can be found at GitHub I can not find William Brents webpage anymore.

Eventually I would like to install comport as well.

I installed the latest deken-plugin I could find (v0.7.8) through Find externals but I can not find anyone of those three externals.

What do I need to do to get them? Do I need to install the latest Pd version?

I do not have the skills to compile from source, yet. For now I just want to understand my options.

Thanks a lot!

Did you try apt-get? At least [comport] is available through apt-get install pd-comport

thanks, comport worked. But not the others. To get the other externals I have to compile them, right? Just copying them to the externals folder did not work.

Another question, what do I loose out on if I stick with Pd 0.50.2-3, instead of the latest?

I see that the other two libraries/objects you want to use utilize Katja's Makefile system which is very streamlined. I guess it's pretty easy to compile them your self, just get a copy of each, navigate to each directory and type make. If there are no special requirements they should build without problems.
As for Pd, you either have to use backports to get the latest (but I have rarely used them and can't provide info) or compile it from sources yourself. I always compile Pd on the Pi, it's a very easy process. Just read the INSTALL.txt file and follow the instructions there.

[EDIT] timbreID's github page provides binaries for the Pi, just scroll down in the repository's home page and you'll see it.

How does deken work? Will the search results differ depending on what version of Pure data you have installed? Or is the only difference what type of OS you use?

deken is pretty straight forward. Go to Help->Find Externals and search. Most likely only externals for your system will appear, so yes is the answer to your last question. If it's for the two libraries/objects you've already mentioned, why bother with deken and not just download the binaries for timbreID and compile the other?

Thanks, that is what I'll do, I just want to understand how it works. Ill try again in a few days.

I also received some instructions on how to install a backport of Pd on Patchbox OS. It did not succeed, I assume I did something wrong.