Installation-guide for iemlib under linux iemlib_R1.15 is written by Thomas Musil from IEM Graz Austria and it is compatible to miller puckette's pd-0.36-0 and pd-0.37-0. see also LICENCE.txt, GnuLGPL.txt and README.txt. 1.) open a unix-shell, login as superuser, download and copy iemlib_R1.15_lin.tgz into your source-directory (e.g. /usr/local/src/iemlib_R1.15_lin.tgz) 2.) untar and unzip iemlib_R1.15_lin.tgz "shell"> tar xzvf iemlib_R1.15_lin.tgz (and a directory iemlib_R1.15 will be created) 3.) create an externs-directory in your pd-installation-directory (if it does not exist) "shell"> mkdir /usr/local/lib/pd/externs 4.) copy external-libraries iemlib contains 4 *.pd_linux files (iem_mp3.pd_linux, iem_t3_lib.pd_linux, iemlib1.pd_linux, iemlib2.pd_linux) "shell"> cp /usr/local/src/iemlib_R1.15/lib/*.pd_linux /usr/local/lib/pd/externs/ 5.) copy pd-abstractions-folder "shell"> cp -r /usr/local/src/iemlib_R1.15/iemabs /usr/local/lib/pd 6.) copy pd-help-files-folder "shell"> cp -r /usr/local/src/iemlib_R1.15/iemhelp /usr/local/lib/pd/doc/5.reference/ 7.) add to your pd_start_script, or into your pd-resource-file ~/.pdrc, the following configuration-options: -path /usr/local/lib/pd/externs -path /usr/local/lib/pd/iemabs -lib iemlib1:iemlib2:iem_mp3:iem_t3_lib or create an executable textfile start_pd36 with this content: #!/bin/sh /usr/local/bin/pd -r 44100 -channels 2 -audiobuf 160 -audiodev 1 -nomidi \ -path /usr/local/lib/pd/externs -path /usr/local/lib/pd/iemabs \ -lib iemlib1 -lib iemlib2 -lib iem_mp3 -lib iem_t3_lib How to compile iemlib under linux after installing iemlib: 8.a) edit makefile of iemlib1 change to directory /usr/local/src/iemlib_R1.15/src/iemlib1 and edit the following line of makefile and save ( INCLUDE = -I. -I/usr/local/src/pd/src ) 8.b) compile iemlib1 "shell"> make ( after this command, iemlib1.pd_linux will be created in /usr/local/src/iemlib_R1.15/lib/ ). 9.a) edit makefile of iemlib2 change to directory /usr/local/src/iemlib_R1.15/src/iemlib2 and edit the following line of makefile and save ( INCLUDE = -I. -I/usr/local/src/pd/src ) 9.b) compile iemlib2 "shell"> make ( after this command, iemlib2.pd_linux will be created in /usr/local/src/iemlib_R1.15/lib/ ). 10.a) edit makefile of iem_mp3 change to directory /usr/local/src/iemlib_R1.15/src/iem_mp3 and edit the following line of makefile and save ( INCLUDE = -I. -I/usr/local/src/pd/src ) 10.b) compile iem_mp3 "shell"> make ( after this command, iem_mp3.pd_linux will be created in /usr/local/src/iemlib_R1.15/lib/ ). 11.a) edit makefile of iem_t3_lib change to directory /usr/local/src/iemlib_R1.15/src/iem_t3_lib and edit the following line of makefile and save ( INCLUDE = -I. -I/usr/local/src/pd/src ) 11.b) compile iem_t3_lib "shell"> make ( after this command, iem_t3_lib.pd_linux will be created in /usr/local/src/iemlib_R1.15/lib/ ). 12.) copy external-libraries "shell"> cd /usr/local/src/iemlib_R1.15/lib "shell"> cp /usr/local/src/iemlib_R1.15/lib/*.pd_linux /usr/local/lib/externs/