Has anyone else got the same problem? I am reluctant to go back to apt/Debian's pd 0.47.1-3.
Actually, if I install via
sudo aptitude install puredata=0.47.1-3
$ pd -version still gives me Pd-0.48.1 ("") compiled for Debian (0.48.1-4) on 2018/03/04 at 19:05:23 UTC
weird... P