[L2Ork-dev] Missing preferences

[Ivica Bukvic]

So, I removed all ~/.purr-data ~/.pd-l2ork and other stuff and while
improved, that still resulted in some paths not loading properly. It was
only after I removed the leftover contents of /opt/purr-data that the
problems went away (those were dubiously left there during the
16.04->18.04->20.04 upgrade cycle even though purr-data was uninstalled).

This begs a question, why would a clean install of the latest branch
created using 'make all' located in the root folder be affected by the
/opt/ folder stuff before the /usr/lib stuff where it is installed?

At any rate, everything works now. This may need to be looked into,
however, as I am still not clear how we go about building a deb that is
installed inside the /opt/ folder.

Best,

Ico

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Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Director, Creativity + Innovation
Director, Human-Centered Design iPhD
Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology

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On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 11:14 AM Albert Graef <aggraef at gmail.com> wrote:

> Check ~/.purr-data.
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 3:27 PM Ivica Bukvic <ico at vt.edu> wrote:
>
>> Just cleared my home folder settings and reinstalled. Nothing got added
>> to my ~/.config or (as far as I can tell) /etc folders. This looks like a
>> regression.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Ico
>>
>> --
>> Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
>> Director, Creativity + Innovation
>> Director, Human-Centered Design iPhD
>> Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology
>>
>> Virginia Tech
>> Creative Technologies in Music
>> School of Performing Arts – 0141
>> Blacksburg, VA 24061
>> (540) 231-6139
>> ico at vt.edu
>>
>> ci.icat.vt.eduhcd.icat.vt.eduwww.icat.vt.edu
>> www.performingarts.vt.edu
>> l2ork.icat.vt.edu
>> ico.bukvic.net
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 9:16 AM Ivica Bukvic <ico at vt.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> So, I just checked out the latest HEAD with the glist_grab_addendum that
>>> fixes the segfault regressions and built it using "make all" inside the
>>> root folder.
>>>
>>> It appears that when the project builds and installs here are a few
>>> things to consider and test on your end:
>>>
>>> 1) Remove slv2-jack and libslv2-dev libjpeg62-turbo (no idea if the lack
>>> of libjpeg may cause any regressions, the other one seems to be a simple
>>> collection of scripts)
>>>
>>> 2) Compile and install (it installs into /usr/lib/pd-l2ork folder, not
>>> the /opt folder)
>>>
>>> 3) need to install libgconf-2-4, otherwise nw app does not start at all
>>>
>>> 4) Once started, there is a problem of preferences being empty. Now this
>>> may be because this is an upgraded 16.04->18.04->20.04 system and perhaps
>>> it has old preferences stuck that may be pointing to the /opt folder. That
>>> said, I thought these would've been overwritten by the new install, or?
>>>
>>> Please note the same should be true of the HEAD branch since the above
>>> patches have nothing to do with paths or preferences.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Ico
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
>>> Director, Creativity + Innovation
>>> Director, Human-Centered Design iPhD
>>> Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology
>>>
>>> Virginia Tech
>>> Creative Technologies in Music
>>> School of Performing Arts – 0141
>>> Blacksburg, VA 24061
>>> (540) 231-6139
>>> ico at vt.edu
>>>
>>> ci.icat.vt.eduhcd.icat.vt.eduwww.icat.vt.edu
>>> www.performingarts.vt.edu
>>> l2ork.icat.vt.edu
>>> ico.bukvic.net
>>>
>>>
>
> --
> Dr. Albert Gr"af
> Computer Music Research Group, JGU Mainz, Germany
> Email: aggraef at gmail.com, web: https://agraef.github.io/
>
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