In most Linux distributions, versions are set in the package manager and 
changing versions of the distribution (aka Ubuntu 10.4 to 10.10, etc) changes 
the versions of all packages on the system. This is a *good* thing since many 
programs rely on specific versions of libraries and changing certain things but 
not others can lead to instability, crashes, etc. Which version of pd that is 
in the package manager is then defined by which overall version of the 
distribution you are using.

Debian sticks with a “stable” and “unstable” metaphor where stable is usually 
older but much more tested and hence “stable. If you want newer and more 
bleeding edge stuff, you’ll need to use the unstable distribution instead which 
probably has a newer version of pd. Barring that, you might be able to add a 
separate ppa source for newer builds and/or download the prebuilt binary from 
Miller and/or download the source and build it yourself (it’s easy).

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Dan Wilcox
@danomatika <https://twitter.com/danomatika>
danomatika.com <http://danomatika.com/>
robotcowboy.com <http://robotcowboy.com/>
> On Nov 2, 2016, at 2:57 PM, pd-list-requ...@lists.iem.at wrote:
> 
> From: Richie Cyngler <glitch...@gmail.com <mailto:glitch...@gmail.com>>
> Subject: Re: [PD] C.H.I.P. & Pd Vanilla 0.47
> Date: November 2, 2016 at 2:57:15 PM MDT
> To: "ben...@free.fr <mailto:ben...@free.fr>" <ben...@free.fr 
> <mailto:ben...@free.fr>>
> Cc: "pd-list@lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at>" 
> <pd-list@lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list@lists.iem.at>>
> 
> 
> I've had the same issue on RPi. I'm no backend Linux guy either but it seems 
> problematic for Pd's available current version to be tied to an OS release. 
> Is there some way around this?

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