if your distro ships an older version you can do:
$ dget
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/puredata/puredata_0.45.4-2.dsc
$ cd puredata-0.45.4/
$ sudo aptitude install devscripts
$ sudo mk-build-deps -i -r debian/control
$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
this will create the puredata package(s) using the autotools method.
you can then install it using:
$ sudo dpkg -i ../puredata*_0.45.4-2_*.deb