Hello!

I installed pd-extended on Ubuntu 8.04, following the instructions here: http://en.flossmanuals.net/PureData/InstallingUbuntu ... but what they suggest doesn't work:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted

Since "feisty" is a pretty old release, the archive is no longer available... so you gotta use the "old-releases" i think:

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted

I hope this helps somehow. pd-extended has all the good stuff installed, unlike pd-vanilla.

@thesergie said:

Hello!

I installed pd-extended on Ubuntu 8.04, following the instructions here: http://en.flossmanuals.net/PureData/InstallingUbuntu ... but what they suggest doesn't work:

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted

Since "feisty" is a pretty old release, the archive is no longer available... so you gotta use the "old-releases" i think:

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted
deb-src http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ feisty main restricted

I hope this helps somehow. pd-extended has all the good stuff installed, unlike pd-vanilla.

Hey,

He is on 8.10 though, Intrepid, not feisty.

big thanks for your answers, albesan and thesergie!
albesans way gave me the best results so far, i even found the source, it's in the "OtherSide APT" next to the download of pd-extended intrepid at http://puredata.info/downloads

but i still got the same problems. i guess pd-extended just isn't finished for intrepid so far. could you tell me, if pd-extended shows up somewhere in your applications menue? and do you sometimes have problems with gem as well? or is it just me?

sidenote: i installed pd-extended on another machine with debian lenny running, by using these repository sources: http://puredata.info/docs/faq/debian
and it works quite perfect. unfortunately the intrepid-link there gives just a 404

hey,

What are exactly your problems on your ubuntu installation?

What happens if you run pd from a terminal?

What messages do you get if you run pd in verbose mode?

If you want to have pd in your menu right click the main menu icon on the top left hand corner and select edit menus. Navigate to the section where you want to have pd and add it there.

I remember having trouble with pd on ubuntu for lack of codecs and for having some video components installed with default parameters.
I did compile some of them myself and that helped quite a lot.

Again I'm sorry to be so vague but this was a while a go and I didn't document the process.

hope this is of help