I added flatgui and cyclone but still no [knob] or [counter].. I guess I am back to the old obsolete pd-extend 0.43.4. I hope there one day will be an updated version of extend, but I guess this is wish thinking.

I want to create a simple knob(dial) object to control the volume going to the dac but I cannot find the knob object in the vanilla PD. Should it be included? vslider and hslider works fine. In this video http://tinyurl.com/djkdslf the knob object is added by simply typing [knob] but this does not work for me.

Edit: Also just found out that [counter] is missing. This is the first time I use PD vanilla since I used to use pd-extend but I must be missing some installation or configuration steps here. Please advise.

Thank you very much for the links. Now I know where to start:)

I have just started using video in PD and I have an idea that I want to save a clip from my webcam and then replay this clip. Looking at the example GEM patch 00.SimpleVideo.pd the webcam is working OK but can I please ask if someone can advise how I can get started saving a short clip and also please suggest the best way it can be played back ? Thanks

I have created a simple Lua script and added it to the folder /home/user1/test/
I then add the following declare statement in PD:
[declare -path /home/user1/test]
But the script is not found.
(I have tried to put the script in many other folders like ~pd-externals etc but with the same result..)

Any suggestions on how to set up a Lua script in PD?

(Also is there some way I can see the value of -stdpath?)

Hi Gilberto and thanks for very good advise. I tested "deken" and it works brilliantly, and as you say this will give me the best of two worlds. I also checked out l2Ork and this looks very interesting. However I run Ubuntu Studio 14.04 32bit at the moment and could not find a suitable package but I sent them an email asking how to best install because I really want to test this out as well. But I might consider doing an install of 14.04 64bit if that is the only option. Thanks again for the support!

Ok. Do you know if it will be back in development or is the package "dead"?

Looking at link this site the latest release of PD extend is:

Ubuntu/raring 13.04 deb http://apt.puredata.info/releases raring main

Does anyone know if a new distribution will be released? Who is maintaining these distros?

Thank you so much for the reply!

I now kind of understand what the commands were trying to do. I.e to download the .deb installation package.
I will give it a go with "trusty" which I belive is the closest match. Do you think it will work with the "trusty" version on Wily Werewolf?

As mentioned before I am fairly new to linux but when installing I guess I can use similar instructions as found here ?

I just installed Ubuntustudio 15.10 Wily Werewolf 32bit on a thinkpad and I am trying to upgrade PD to extend. I am fairly new to linux but it seems like the instructions on https://puredata.info/docs/faq/debian fails.

This is the log from executing the commands. Any suggestions and help will be appreciated

myuser@machine:~$  sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://apt.puredata.info/releases `lsb_release -c | awk '{print $2}'` main"[sudo] password for zoundart:
myuser@machine:~$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key 9f0fe587374bbe81
Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --homedir /tmp/tmp.beJyKhm5Lr --no-auto-check-trustdb --trust-model always --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key 9f0fe587374bbe81
gpg: requesting key 374BBE81 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 374BBE81: "Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@guardianproject.info>" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:              unchanged: 1
myuser@machine:~$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key D63D3D09C39F5EEB
Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --homedir /tmp/tmp.BDfXAe3l5j --no-auto-check-trustdb --trust-model always --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key D63D3D09C39F5EEB
gpg: requesting key C39F5EEB from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key C39F5EEB: "Launchpad Pure Data" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:              unchanged: 1
myuser@machine:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease
Get:1 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease [64,4 kB]                                                               
Get:2 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports InRelease [64,5 kB]                                                             
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security InRelease [64,4 kB]                              
Ign http://apt.puredata.info wily InRelease                                                                
Ign http://apt.puredata.info wily Release.gpg                                   
Ign http://apt.puredata.info wily Release                 
Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Sources [17,0 kB]     
Get:5 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Sources [24,1 kB]                     
Get:6 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted Sources [3 741 B]               
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Sources [2 854 B]                
Get:8 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe Sources [6 112 B]                 
Get:9 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse Sources [1 922 B]               
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Sources [3 691 B]                 
Get:11 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main i386 Packages [59,3 kB]               
Get:12 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted i386 Packages [13,4 kB]          
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse Sources [1 922 B]
Get:14 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe i386 Packages [31,0 kB]           
Get:15 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [6 052 B]
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main i386 Packages [43,4 kB]                 
Err http://apt.puredata.info wily/main i386 Packages                                         
  404  Not Found
Ign http://apt.puredata.info wily/main Translation-en_US             
Get:17 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Sources [750 B]
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted i386 Packages [10,8 kB]          
Get:19 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Sources [28 B]                 
Ign http://apt.puredata.info wily/main Translation-en                                              
Get:20 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Sources [833 B]
Get:21 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Sources [28 B]
Get:22 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main i386 Packages [606 B]
Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe i386 Packages [24,8 kB]
Get:24 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted i386 Packages [28 B]
Get:25 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe i386 Packages [714 B]
Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse i386 Packages [6 052 B]
Get:27 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [28 B]
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/restricted Translation-en
Get:28 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/main Translation-en [23,2 kB]
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Sources               
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted Sources     
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe Sources             
Get:29 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/multiverse Translation-en [2 536 B]
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse Sources                               
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main i386 Packages                                         
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted i386 Packages     
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe i386 Packages       
Get:30 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/restricted Translation-en [2 666 B]
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse i386 Packages                             
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily/main Translation-en    
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily/multiverse Translation-en  
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily/restricted Translation-en  
Get:31 http://security.ubuntu.com wily-security/universe Translation-en [15,2 kB]
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily/universe Translation-en                       
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/main Translation-en        
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates/universe Translation-en
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/main Translation-en
Hit http://no.archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports/universe Translation-en
Fetched 496 kB in 7s (70,7 kB/s)                                                                                                  
W: Failed to fetch http://apt.puredata.info/releases/dists/wily/main/binary-i386/Packages  404  Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
myuser@machine:~$ sudo apt-get install pd-extended
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
Package pd-extended is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'pd-extended' has no installation candidate

For some time I have been using MAX/MSP and I have been writing externals in Java and some JavaScript snippets to support my logic. However I am very keen on moving towards PD and I am looking for the best and easiest way to write code on Pure Data? What language is best supported etc? Any suggestions on how to best get started is appreciated.

Thanks