[Fluxus] Installation problem - fluxus-engine.ss

[Dave Griffiths]

> On Tuesday 03 June 2008 16:49:30 gabor papp wrote:
>> > There is a fluxus-engine.so created in that directory.
>> > So where should I put it?
>>
>> i'm not sure about the location on ubuntu, because i'm using fedora, but
>> on fedora in fluxus-0.14 the location was
>> /usr/lib/plt/collects/fluxus-0.14/compiled/native/i386-linux/3m/
>
> ok, so for 64bit that should be:
> /usr/lib/plt/collects/fluxus-0.14/compiled/native/x86_64-linux/3m/
>
> seems to work now (after fixing a typo in creating the path...)
>
> But, I think some stuff could still be improved in the build and install
> process:
>
> * finding plt and the install location:
> even when plt is installed in /usr/lib (so in most linux distros from the
> package manager), manually compiled apps should still install stuff to
> the /usr/local equivalent path. This is how one keeps the two apart...,
> and I
> think this should be fixed in the fluxus SConstruct.

this is slightly due to a conflict between ubuntu thinking and plt
thinking (plt has it's own package management system which installs
there). I'll sort out a separate collects path for fluxus though, as
you're not the first to complain :)

> * the scheme files do not seem to get installed at all... is this just a
> problem in my case?

that is strange. this is with fluxus 0.14 and plt 372 yes?

cheers,

dave