On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, when puredata is installed with software manager / apt-get, the documentation doesn't seem to be installed correctly. Help -> HTML Manual doesn't do anything, and Help -> About displays an error message box that says:
couldn't open "/usr/lib/puredata/doc/1.manual/1.introduction.txt": no such file or directory
couldn't open "/usr/lib/puredata/doc/1.manual/1.introduction.txt": no such file or directory
while executing
"open $filename"
(procedure "menu_aboutpd" line 18)
invoked from within
"menu_aboutpd"
invoked from within
".pdwindow.#menubar.#menubar#help invoke active"
("uplevel" body line 1)
invoked from within
"uplevel #0 [list $w invoke active]"
(procedure "tk::MenuInvoke" line 50)
invoked from within
"tk::MenuInvoke .pdwindow.#menubar.#menubar#help 1"
(command bound to event)
Also, I'm not sure if any example files are supposed to be installed but I couldn't find any.
Possibly related, "Test Audio And MIDI..." does nothing when selected.
Unsure which version of PD it is, the about box doesn't display.
Anonymous
if this is about the "standard" debian/ubuntu package, please report a bug with your distribution, e.g. using
$ reportbug puredata
(or whatever the tool for reporting bugs on ubuntu).
also make sure that you have the "puredata-doc" package installed.
and you can get the Pd version by simply running "pd -version" from the cmdline
(i'm marking this as "won't fix" as it seems to be a problem with the packaging, which can only be fixed by the debian (or ubuntu) packagers)