sudo dpkg --install Pd-0.42.5-extended-20091014-ubuntu-jaunty-i386.deb

installed /usr/lib/pd/doc/1.manual as a broken link to ../../../share/doc/puredata/1.manual aka /usr/share/doc/puredata/1.manual because /usr/share/doc/puredata doesn't exist.

But all that dpkg ever said about it was:

Selecting previously deselected package pd-extended. (Reading database ... 331523 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking pd-extended (from Pd-0.42.5-extended-20091014-ubuntu-jaunty-i386.deb) ... Setting up pd-extended (0.42.5~cvs20091014-1) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ... Unknown media type in type 'all/all' Unknown media type in type 'all/allfiles' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mms' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmst' Unknown media type in type 'uri/mmsu' Unknown media type in type 'uri/pnm' Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspt' Unknown media type in type 'uri/rtspu' Unknown media type in type 'fonts/package' Unknown media type in type 'interface/x-winamp-skin'

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