[PD] C.H.I.P. & Pd Vanilla 0.47

[Dan Wilcox]

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
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> On Nov 2, 2016, at 2:57 PM, pd-list-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
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> From: Richie Cyngler <glitchpop at gmail.com <mailto:glitchpop at gmail.com>>
> Subject: Re: [PD] C.H.I.P. & Pd Vanilla 0.47
> Date: November 2, 2016 at 2:57:15 PM MDT
> To: "benjah at free.fr <mailto:benjah at free.fr>" <benjah at free.fr <mailto:benjah at free.fr>>
> Cc: "pd-list at lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list at lists.iem.at>" <pd-list at lists.iem.at <mailto:pd-list at lists.iem.at>>
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> 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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