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sdaau
sdaau

Reputation: 38619

Alternate libraries folder locations for Processing (in installation folder?)

I'm using Processing 2.1.1 on Linux. I am aware that the docs say:

via Processing 1.0 - Processing Discourse - where's the libraries folder?

Contributed libraries must be [...] placed within the "libraries" folder of your Processing sketchbook

How to Install a Contributed Library - Processing

Manual Install

Contributed libraries may be downloaded separately and manually placed within the libraries folder of your Processing sketchbook.

The thing is - I enjoy running Processing directly from its unzipped folder (without any installation as such); and I actually keep it on a different partition than my "main" partition (which has my home folder, ~, where ~/sketchbook is by default created on Linux). Thus, when I install a new library, it ends up being in a different partition than my main program - and I'd like to keep the libraries and the Processing program together.

Is there any way I could achieve this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 966

Answers (1)

sdaau
sdaau

Reputation: 38619

Well, it turns out there is - there is a folder, processing-2.1.1/modes/java/libraries/ - and all of the libraries in ~/sketchbook/libraries can be moved here!

Just note that those libraries, once moved, will not show as "contributed" anymore (in neither "Sketch/Import library..." nor "File/Examples").

Also, if installing from the web via "Sketch/Import library.../Add library...", that installation is likely going to complete in ~/sketchbook/libraries - so afterwards one would have to close Processing down; move the library folders from ~/sketchbook/libraries to processing-2.1.1/modes/java/libraries/; and then restart Processing again.

Hope this helps someone,
Cheers!

Upvotes: 1

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