hello i found getting pd running on Ubuntu EXTREMELY easy.
user may use synaptic package manager: 1.) search "Tk8.4", install Tk8.4 & Tk8.4-dev 2.) search "tcl8.4", install tcl8.4 & tcl8.4-dev 3.) search "alsa", install libalsaound-dev [libalsa is already installed] download and untar pd-0.40-2 ./configure --enable-alsa make, make install pp ---- Hans-Christoph Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Unfortuntaely, Pd on ubuntu isn't quite that easy to install yet. > But we are close. > > .hc > > On Apr 19, 2007, at 3:34 AM, Thomas Jeppesen wrote: > > > I think I know where you are comming from ;) > > > > Thanks for the good and quick feedback I've gotten through the day. > > It has > > helped me a lot. > > I installed Ubuntu today and it worked like a charm. I follow the > > advice to > > stick with it, at least for a few months :) > > > > Cheers all! > > Thomas > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Roman Haefeli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Frank Barknecht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: <pd-list@iem.at> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:20 PM > > Subject: Re: [PD] Linux - which distribution to use? > > > > > >> On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 19:06 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: > >>> Hallo, > >>> Roman Haefeli hat gesagt: // Roman Haefeli wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Wed, 2007-04-18 at 17:01 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote: > >>>>> Me, too. Debian rules. Other than that pure:dyne rules as well. > >>>> > >>>> i agree, though ubuntu is also a debian derivative, but > >>>> sometimes much > >>>> easier to use than debian and from my experience comes with better > >>>> maintained repos. as a beginner, i'd still vote for ubuntu. > >>> > >>> Most of the packages in Ubuntu come directly from Debian. When I was > >>> running Ubuntu on my laptop, I found, that I wasn't using the stuff, > >>> that's not in Debian, at all, so I reverted this system from > >>> Ubuntu to > >>> Debian again. OTOH packages from Ubuntu often flow back to > >>> Debian. In > >>> the end, it's a matter of taste. > >> > >> i don't want to be an ass and please don't get me wrong, when i hook > >> into it again. i fully agree with you. i started doing linux with > >> debian, too. though in the end, all problems i had turned out to be > >> manageable (and based on my lack of knowledge), i wish i had started > >> with ubuntu first retrospectively, just because you have to make less > >> decisions in order to get a working box, that 'just works' in > >> everyday > >> life. i dare say, that ubuntu is the most easy os to install at > >> all, not > >> only the easiest linux. > >> when starting with linux, i had to realize that i hardly know > >> anything > >> about computers. i didn't even know, what a window manager is > >> (least of > >> all, that also windows uses a window manager, but the fact that > >> windows > >> tries to hide essential stuff from the user, so that he/she stays > >> unaware about computers is anothe story) and that i was supposed to > >> choose and install one, if i want to have a graphical interface. > >> quite > >> many steps were involved, until i had a running pd. > >> i believe, in ubuntu much lesser steps are needed until pd runs. > >> for a > >> sligthly more advanced user, many steps seem to be obvious and are > >> done > >> fast, but for an innocent, naked, virgin noob (sorry for the strange > >> wording), like i was two and a half years ago, each step can be a > >> real > >> pain. > >> of course, at the end you don't have more or less possibilities in > >> one > >> or the other. > >> > >> just my 4cents (now, i'm broke :-) > >> > >> roman > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ___________________________________________________________ > >> Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm. Hier gelangen Sie zum neuen Yahoo! > >> Mail: > >> http://mail.yahoo.de > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------- > > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PD-list@iem.at mailing list > >> UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > >> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > >> > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------- > > > > > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.2.0/757 - Release Date: > > 11-04-2007 > > 17:14 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ > > listinfo/pd-list > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > > Using ReBirth is like trying to play an 808 with a long stick. - > David Zicarelli > > > > _______________________________________________ > PD-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list -- Patrick Pagano Digital Media Specialist University of Florida Digital Worlds Institute 352-294-2082 _______________________________________________ PD-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list