[PD] pd-extended nightlies and Ubuntu Intrepid

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at eds.org
Tue Sep 30 12:18:37 CEST 2008


Cool, thanks for posting that.   Also, I am thinking of upgrading the  
Gutsy build machine to Intrepid, so it would be great if you start  
testing Pd-extended on Intrepid so we can get any bugs fixed for the  
next release.

.hc

On Sep 30, 2008, at 6:27 AM, Chris Wenn wrote:

> OK!
>
> I figured out how to install Pd-extended on Ubuntu Intrepid:
>
> *THIS IS A DREADFUL, UGLY HACK. EXECUTE AT YOUR OWN RISK*
>
> via the command line, do:
>
> you at machine:~$ sudo dpkg -i --ignore-depends=liblame0 Pd-0.42.0- 
> extended-<date>-ubuntu-hardy-i386.deb
>
> then in your favourite text editor and using sudo, edit the /var/ 
> lib/dpkg/status entry for pd-extended. Where the dependencies are  
> listed (Depends:  ) change any reference to liblame0 to  
> libmp3lame0. This will stop apt from seeing pd-extended as broken.
>
> Make sure the 'Depends:' line remains on a single line in your  
> editor - I found this out the hard way!
>
> You will have to redo these steps every update.
>
> Chris



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