hello

I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 a couple of months ago and had some issues I need help in finding the best way to resolve.

I was using Pd 0.41-4extended and upgraded to Pd 0.42.5-extended when I upgraded Ubuntu

I noticed that the Pd .deb installed a '/usr/lib/pd-extended' directory instead of the old '/usr/lib/pd'

of course the Ubuntu upgrade wiped the '/' partition (I have '/' and '/home' on separate partitions) but everything was left intact on my '/home' partition so all my patches and work files were left untouched in '/home/user/pd-externals' dir

I made sure to backup of my old '/usr/lib/pd/' directory with all my externals and docs

but now when I launch Pd it throws errors saying it can't find my libraries:

cyclone: can't load library
zexy: can't load library
creb: can't load library
cxc: can't load library
list-abs: can't load library
mapping: can't load library
markex: can't load library
maxlib: can't load library
memento: can't load library
mjlib: can't load library
motex: can't load library
oscx: can't load library
pddp: can't load library
pdogg: can't load library
pixeltango: can't load library
pmpd: can't load library
rradical: can't load library
sigpack: can't load library
smlib: can't load library
toxy: can't load library
iemlib: can't load library
unauthorized: can't load library
pan: can't load library
hcs: can't load library
jmmmp: can't load library
ext13: can't load library
ggee: can't load library
flib: can't load library
ekext: can't load library
flatspace: can't load library

so my question is:

what is the best way to migrate all my old libraries, externals and docs?

has anyone else encountered this problem?

and if so, what is the easiest way to deal with this *other* than going in and copying everything over to '/usr/lib'pd-externals/docs/' and '/usr/lib'pd-externals/extras/' dirs?

is it as easy as just changing the paths to a new location?

thanks in advance,
kim

I had this problem with an earlier upgrade. It's kind of weird that it's still around. Maybe try this:

http://puredata.info/docs/faq/when-i-upgraded-to-pd-extended-0-40-3-it-stopped-loading-all-of-the-libraries

@Maelstrom: I am still trying to get Pd upgraded (been busy in the studio since December 2010) after using an older version of Pd on Ubuntu 9.04 for a while -- I made the decision to upgrade my Ubuntu (and Pd) last December after coming off tour -- I don't mess with anything on my laptop a few months before touring and then coming off tour I need a few weeks to decompress...but have been slammed with projects since beginning of the year.

so this issue might very well have been solved for a while now - but seeing as I usually lag way behind in upgrades I must have been unaware

I'll check the link you posted and let you know if I have any questions - thanks for your help!

kim

looked at the link and while this is OK during a Pd upgrade only (meaning not a concurrent OS upgrade which wipes the '/' partition) one thing is different with my situation:

• my upgrade of Ubuntu from 9.04 -> 10.10 wiped all the old libraries and things I installed in '/usr/lib/pd'
• I do have all of them backed up and zipped on a USB stick though
• so my q is still:
  what would be the best way to put back all the abstractions, docs and externals I collected over the past few years in '/usr/lib/pd-externals' dir?
• would the best way be by hand?

I'm not a Linux guy (as much as I'd like to be), so I can't speak specifically about the OS issues. But all those libraries that can't be loaded should be included in Pd-extended. Were they not installed with the upgrade? If they were, then I would think it would be the preferences issue.

As far as I know, putting abs/externals in a folder and adding that folder to your path (i.e. by hand) is the only way to install them in Pd. So it would be best by default.