Pd Installers

See the Downloads page for less beta releases. This page is for the test releases. The core Pd distro is available on Miller Puckette's site The final releases are on the SourceForge downloads page.

These installers are definitely very beta. I work on them whenever I have time, here and there, generally in bursts of a couple weeks every few months. All of my work in GPL'ed and in the CVS, so if you want something fixed or done, its possible to do it yourself. That is what I did with these installers, building upon the work on so many others.

I'd definitely work on this more if I could get a little money to do it. Then I wouldn't have to do other freelance jobs. No amount is too small, anything is appreciated. If I got $1 from each downloader, I would be very happy.

MacOS X Pd.app Test Release

download here: Pd-0.38.4-extended-RC3.dmg

• To install, drag the Pd.app anywhere on your your hard drive.

For newbies: to install Gem, pmpd, xsample, dyn~, and vasp support, copy the included org.puredata.pd.plist to ~/Library/Preferences (~ means your home folder). If you already have preferences saved, this would replace them.

I put together another Pd-extended.app release candidate. I finally figured out the Tcl/Tk 8.4.9 build problems, so its a proper build from scratch. Tcl/Tk 8.4.9 brings lots of lovely improvements, including Jamie Tittle's CoreGraphics updates. This release adds ugly but useful links to the Help menu to temporarily provide access to the bundled content until we make a better system.

Things seem to be working fine. Try things out and post to the list when things are broken. If I don't hear of any problems, I'll make this the release and stick it on the SourceForge page.

Lots of stuff has been added, including:

• IEMlib
• PMPD
• OSC
• [comport]
• the [hid] toolkit
• Gem
• RRADical
• serendiPd
• nusmuk abstractions
• La-kitchen abstractions
• creb abstractions
• flext-based externals (pool, dyn~, xsample, vasp)

• help files were renamed to conform to the standard (NAME-help.pd)
• GUI objects work again (unauthorized, [envgen], etc.)
• added manuals and tutorials to the Help menu
• compiled with optional Jack support

There is some stuff in the process of being added:

• more flext-based externals (nusmuk, syncgrain~)
• PDP
• gem2pdp/pdp2gem
• gridflow

Pd-0.39test2-extended-RC0.app Test Version

download: Pd-0.39test2-extended-RC0.dmg

I just compiled a test version of Miller's latest version from CVS. It is the same build as above except that the core is 0.39test2 from CVS rather than 0.38-4. You need to install the Jack.framework for this one to run.

Windows Installer Test Version

download here: PureData-0.37.1-2004.03.28.exe

• This version includes Miller's Pd 0.37.1
• pd-externals collection now built from CVS. The Gem help patches are also from CVS.
• I included just about every binary I could find
• Double-clicking .pd files now opens the file in Pd. Unfortunately, every file you double-click will launch a new instance of Pd.
• More docs included, along with links on the Start Menu.

Old MacOS X Installers

These installers are old and deprecated. Pd is now built as a MacOS X-style Pd.app.

WARNING: These installers allow you to install anywhere you want. But things will only work properly if you install in the default location.

Test version

This is an early test version of the next MacOS X installer, it isn't meant to be a final release yet, so if that's what you are looking for, look below.

• Uninstall any previous Pd packages before installing this one. You can uninstall OS X packages with OSXPM from OSXGnu.org.
• It does not include Tcl/Tk
• You can get a Tcl/Tk 8.5 binary here: tigital's files
• download for Tcl/Tk 8.5 here: PureData-0.37.1_MacOSX-(0.2.5)-TclTk8.5.dmg
• download for Tcl/Tk 8.4 here: PureData-0.37.1_MacOSX-(0.2.5)-TclTk8.4.dmg

Previous Release

• download here: PureDataInstaller_0.37-2003.10.02.dmg
• For a complete(ish) listing of included objects and libs, check this page: http://puredata.info/Members/hans/objects/
• I found a new issue. The Tcl/Tk that came with the MacOS X 0.36 installers put Wish Shell.app into /Applications. The standard Tcl/Tk packages put it in /Applications/Utilities. If you previously had the 0.36 MacOS X packages installed, you should manually delete /Applications/Wish Shell.app.
• If you have Pd already installed, be forewarned that this new installer installs Tcl/Tk 8.4.1 by default. If you don't want Tcl/Tk reinstalled, then click Customize in the Installation Type screen, and uncheck Tcl.pkg and Tk.pkg. This is the package that is included: TclTkAqua-8.4.1.dmg (Pd seems to have problems with 8.4.4 and 8.4.2).
• I recommend that you uninstall any previous Pd packages before installing this one. You can uninstall OS X packages with OSXPM from OSXGnu.org. (Currently, OSXPM can not delete packages created by Jaguar's PackageMaker.app. The 0.36 Pd packages are such packages, so you'll have to delete them manually.)

I have built a MacOS X Installer generator, so that all you need to do in order to build a complete .dmg/.pkg MacOS X installer is download the files from CVS and type "make"

This version has gotten to beta quality with one notable bug that comes from pd-0.37-test?: many of the help pages are not found when right-clicking and selecting "Help". Once that bug is fixed, this will be the most complete Pd distro ever (IMHO).

The Installer includes most of what's in the CVS: pd-externals (ext13, maxlib, ggee, etc. etc.), cyclone, pool, unauthorized, xsample, zexy, FLEXT, PDDP, abstractions, and tutorials. I also threw in a test version of a double-clicker and a bunch of binaries that I got from the web, these might not work for you: IEMlib, Gem, PDP, and vasp. It installs into Miller's default location: /usr/local/lib/pd.

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