hi, I've been trying to install Pure Data in different ways (fedora, pure:dyne) with some success but always there was something wrong (like GEM missing). So I immediately installed Ubuntu studio when I came across it. Now I've installed Pure Data true the Add/Remove program but it works like ****. And also with the .DEB file from puredate.org. If you click on new window it takes a really long time to open, if you want to close a window it freezes. After a long time this shows up:

[import] $Revision: 1.2 $
    [import] is still in development, the interface could change!
    compiled against Pd version 0.41.4
libdir loader $Revision: 1.8 $
    compiled on Jun  4 2009 at 14:32:58 
    compiled against Pd version 0.41.4.extended
GEM: Graphics Environment for Multimedia
GEM: ver: 0.91.3 'tigital'
GEM: compiled: Jun  4 2009
GEM: maintained by IOhannes m zmoelnig
GEM: Authors :  Mark Danks (original version)
GEM:        Chris Clepper
GEM:        James Tittle
GEM:        IOhannes m zmoelnig
GEM: with help by Guenter Geiger, Daniel Heckenberg, Cyrille Henry, et al.
GEM: found a bug? miss a feature? please report it:
GEM:    homepage http://gem.iem.at/
GEM:    bug-tracker http://sourceforge.net/projects/pd-gem/
GEM:    mailing-list http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/gem-dev/
GEM: compiled for SIMD architecture: MMX 
GEM: using MMX optimization
libdir_loader: added 'cyclone' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'zexy' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'creb' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'cxc' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'iemlib' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'list-abs' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'mapping' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'markex' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'maxlib' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'memento' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'mjlib' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'motex' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'oscx' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'pddp' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'pdogg' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'pixeltango' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'pmpd' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'rradical' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'sigpack' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'smlib' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'toxy' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'unauthorized' to the global objectclass path
vbap - v1.0.3 - 12 Aug 2006 - (c) Ville Pulkki 1999-2006 (Pd port by HCS)
libdir_loader: added 'pan' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'freeverb' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'hcs' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'jmmmp' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'ext13' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'ggee' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'flib' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'ekext' to the global objectclass path
libdir_loader: added 'flatspace' to the global objectclass path
PDP: pure data packet version 0.12.5-darcs
PiDiP : additional video processing objects for PDP
    version 0.12.23 ( ydegoyon@free.fr )
pdp_colorgrid: version 0.4
by Yves Degoyon (ydegoyon@free.fr) & Lluis Gomez i Bigorda (lluis@artefacte.org)
 pdp_ieee1394 : linux dv interface by Lluis Gomez i Bigorda (lluisgomez@hangar.org)

Does someone know how to fix this? Is there anybody with the same problem, or could it be my computer configuration? I don't think so (standard Ubuntu studio 9.04 Jaunty and Pure Data has worked fast on my laptop, different platform) Would really like to get this fixed and get started with Pure Data.

Hi, I've just tried to install PD on fedora 11 by downloading it and following this list:

tar xjf Pd-0.41.4-extended.tar.bz2
cd Pd-0.41.4-extended
make install

When I start PD by typing "pd" in the terminal I get the following error:

pd: error while loading shared libraries: libjack.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

does anyone have an idea? I'm pretty new to linux so.. and very excited about using pure data

hi, I've also switched again to Kubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty). Now I've got Pure Data working normal, only my Jack Server keeps giving errors. Will post a new thread for that one. You would think if it's bot open source, Linux and Pure Data it should work better..

This page really helped me http://en.flossmanuals.net/PureData/InstallingUbuntu and the have quit a good started guide for Debian, Windows and Mac as well.

I've already got it solved, but will post the solution for others:

• first go to http://puredata.info/downloads and download the fedora package
• install it with the terminal:

tar xjf Pd-0.41.4-extended-planetccrma9-i386.tar.bz2 (from the folder where you've the file in)
cd Pd-0.41.4-extended
make install

• then go to this page http://puredata.info/docs/developer/Fedora and follow documentation
• put "pd" in the terminal and it should start