Hello All,

Has anyone wrestled with this? I always have problems when I try to build from source, but since there is no pd-extended in the natty repos, I thought I'd give it a shot.

So far I've installed the dependencies:

sudo apt-get build-dep puredata gem pd-pdp

and more dependencies:

sudo apt-get install libmp3lame0 libmp3lame-dev ladspa-sdk dssi-dev libimlib2-dev libtheora-dev

and lastly:

sudo apt-get install libquicktime1 libquicktime-dev

Now everything goes swimmingly up to this point. Then I downloaded the pd-extended source package, and following the advice from a post -- http://puredata.hurleur.com/sujet-5337-extended-debian -- by some folks building for a 64-bit processor, I jump to the externals/pidip directory to build it first:

cd externals/pidip/

First, just to be on the safe side, I read the INSTALL text, and it concurs with the previously mentioned post. But, when i try:

./configure --with-pd=../../pd --with-pdp=../pdp

I get the following error:

bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

ls seems to disagree:

ls | grep configure gives me:
configure.ac

I tried making it executable, still no luck. build-essentials and make are installed on my computer.

Any ideas?

All the best, Leigh

Well, I got nowhere with that approach, so I just installed the puredata package in the Natty repos. It runs great, but I don't have any externals. When i grab them and try to build them from the CVS repos i get :

make[1]: *** No rule to make target `iLine2D.os', needed by `externals'.
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `maxlib_speedlim.os', needed by `externals'.
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `search-doubled-externals.sh', needed by `externals'.
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `string2any.os', needed by `externals'.
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `tCircle2D.os', needed by `externals'.

from make run from ./externals/build/linux/

and from scons, run from ./externals/build I get a bunch of

rm: cannot remove `abs~.c': No such file or directory

and then,

scons: warning: Two different environments were specified for target src/OSC-system-dependent.os,
but they appear to have the same action: $SHCC -o $TARGET -c $SHCFLAGS $SHCCFLAGS $_CCCOMCOM $SOURCES
File "/home/udon/installers/externals/OSCx/SConscript", line 13, in <module>

So either way the build fails. Does anyone have some insight? I am just about to give up on externals until there is a simple deb pd-external for natty, but it would be nice to get this working.

Best, Leigh

Hi

I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 64-bits with not much technical experience, and also faced this problem : how to install pd-extended ??

I've tried the .deb packages for maverick (did not work for the 32 bit architecture) and then the .deb for Lucid 64 bits but the Ubuntu Software Center did not let it install (...) The .deb packages are by default opened that way. I've tried to force the install but it did not :/
There is a package saying "all plataforms" but I don know how to install from .tz files

Any hints ?
Any of you two above could make it work ?
It would be great to get this working ...
If anyone could help ...
Thanks in advance!

Best, Cristina.

Sorry, but didn't you try to use the deb packages intended for 10.04 ? It could work ...

Thanks nau, I've tried it before but no success.
It seems the "Ubuntu Software Center" can deal with it. It said There would be a risk to the system and aborted the installation. I've forced but ... it abbended anyway.

It is a pity these amazing open source projects like Pd-extended, Processing, OpenCV are so hard to get to work on Linux when you don't have the background to manage shell commands.

I find myself confused which could be the right Linux distro to make all graphics work fine.
Has anyone tried Linux Mint Debian ?
Any recomendations ??

Thanks anyway !

Cristina, look at Pure:dyne

it's based on ubuntu but designed for multimedia (Pd-extended, processing, ardour e.t.c plus, realtime kernel, lightweight ubuntu e.t.c.)

http://puredyne.org/