Purr Data 2.6.0 is now available:

https://git.purrdata.net/jwilkes/purr-data#downloads

This version adds the ability to compile with Pd's numeric type as a double precision floating point number.

I added some precompiled binaries to test out. They are titled, "purr-double-trouble..." The OSX binaries ship with all externals compiled, while the other OSes ship just with the core objects atm.

Also, I added a website:

www.purrdata.net

And a repo if anyone wants to add css and other bling:

https://git.purrdata.net/jwilkes/purr-data-website

Please report bugs here:

https://git.purrdata.net/jwilkes/purr-data/issues

Changes:

• build system improvements
• hyperlinked [print] messages
• added support and test binaries for double precision builds
• fixed bug with special characters in filenames under Windows
• fixed bug with using pd~ in "-nogui" mode
• fixed for initbang crasher
• fixed bug with socket calls from externals under "-nogui" mode in Windows

As long as it's a non-GUI external it should work.

You might get on the mailing list and inquire with Albert about that particular external. He does a lot with Faust (either presented or put together a Faust-related convention this summer) and can probably give you more details about that external.

Thanks for the hints!
Currently the plugin is 64 bit by default, and Purr Data only available as 32 bit version for Windows.
So I probably have to compile (at least one of) both anyways.
Will try to get Purr Data compiled for Win64 as a first step.

Ok, got the light version of Purr Data to compile on Windows 64 bit with a few changes to the Makefiles. But the application crashes on start with error code "0xc0000007b" (even without any faustgen~ externals copied over).
Are there known incompatibilites with Win64? For Pure Data vanilla a 64 bit version exists (with that the faustgen~ from Deken runs out of the box). Will probably go with vanilla then for the timebeing.

Tried it out on win10 x64, worked just fine. I'm unable to install the debian package on lubuntu 18.04- it says "dependency not satisfiable: libgsl2". Checking with synaptic I seem to have a never version called libgsl23 installed. Is there any reason purr data should be incompatible with that lib? I'd rather not screw up my OS by reverting to older libraries.

@bocanegra: Sounds promising! How did you get it to run on Windows with Purr Data? Were you able to compile (or even download from somewhere) a 64 bit version of Purr Data? Or did you compile a 32 bit version of faustgen~? Or was it with vanilla Pure Data and not Purr Data (that's what works for me, too)
Edit: Ah, you were probably not answering to my quest to get faustgen~ running but to the OP about Purr Data in general. (Unfortunately I don't have an answer to your question, was only testing on Windows)

@bocanegra I don't have a package for Lubuntu 18.04.

It sounds like you're trying to use the Debian Stretch package. Stretch only has libgsl2 so that's what it requires.

I can't remember if Albert ever set up an 18.04 PPA. Please inquire on the list.

hey, i totes wish the purr data app would actually tell me when there's a new osx app ready to be downloaded!. I'm still running Version 2.5.1 (20180414-rev.8916c70)

@esaruoho Add an issue for that. It won't auto-update nor auto-notify. But I can probably add a "check for updates" button to the menu.

@jancsika (and anyone else running an ubuntu based distro) Found the PPA for ubuntu 18.04 -> https://bitbucket.org/l2orkubuntu/l2orkubuntu.bitbucket.org - there are PPAs for 16.04 and 17.10 as well. Will report back on results.