Hi ! Quick answer :

sudo apt-get install puredata gem pd-zexy

This will install the bare minimum to at least play with pd.

Long answer :

Well, I am very satisfied with the latest pd-extended for Linux ! You can try a pre-compiled version, and if some externals are broken with your system, for some reason, then try to compile the whole thing (installing the C libraries that are written in the developer section of the puredata.org site). But give a chance to the precompiled version ! You just need to type make install, or something : no C libs needed !! (right? actually, i always compile it...)

Have fun,

aalex

2007/1/25, David Powers cyborgk@gmail.com:

Hello everyone ...

SO, I finally got Linux installed on an old laptop (Debian stable distribution). Or to be more precise, my girlfriend got it installed, and I sat around drinking beer, smoking spliffs, and telling her how great she was, while she recompiled the kernel.

I would, of course, be interested in running Pure Data on the machine. (and maybe trying Desire Data too.) But here are some caveats:

1. It's an old PIII laptop. Not much memory, and no openGL for

graphics, so no GEM I guess. 2. I have no f&*$ing clue what I'm doing yet, as far as compiling stuff and all that. My gf will try to help me though.

Now, I would like to use PD, and maybe PD-extended (but page is down). So I'd like to get the group recommendation on which version to try for the simplest install with the most stuff working... My basic interests would include some of the basic libraries at least (cyclone, maxlib, zexy). I would also like to try PMPD, PDP, and GridFlow, but I don't know much about the last two. They will run without openGL, unlike GEM, right? Also, I'd like to get Percolate running, I guess I'll have to use the source code off the Planet CCRMA...

Anyway, there seem to be millions of versions of stuff, including some Debian stable options, but as a total Linux newB it is hard to tell which I should use.

The problem is compounded by the fact that right now, some sites are down, so I can't get some of the info need. Any advice would be greatly appreciated - I didn't find a quick answer through the archives, and I don't know how up to date such an answer would be anyway.

Thanks in advance!!!

~David

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David Powers a écrit :

Hello everyone ...

SO, I finally got Linux installed on an old laptop (Debian stable distribution).

Hello, what about using cvs, and trying to compile as much externals as you could, I guess you will learn a lot through that.

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