These steps were tested with Audacity 2.1.2 rc1 on a clean installation of Lubuntu 15.10.
They should also work on other versions of Ubuntu 15.10.
If any other version of Audacity is already installed, I would recommend uninstalling it before starting these steps.
Prerequisites:
Install “build-essential” using your preferred package manager.
Dependencies:
In a terminal window, enter this command. Enter your password when prompted:
sudo apt-get build-dep audacity
Get the source code:
- Download “Linux minimal source” from http://www.fosshub.com/Audacity.html
- Extract the contents of the downoaded .tar.xz file to a convenient location in your home folder.
Build Audacity:
- Open a terminal window and navigate to the extracted folder
(example, if you extracted audacity-minsrc-2.1.2 to your home folder:
cd audacity-minsrc-2.1.2
- Make a directory to build Audacity in:
mkdir build
- Change to the “build” folder:
cd build
- Configure Audacity:
../configure --disable-dynamic-loading
Note the two dots at the start of the command.
The –disable-dynamic-loading option is required for Audacity to use the version of FFmpeg that Ubuntu 15.10 uses.
5. Build audacity;
make
- Install
sudo make install
(enter password when prompted).
Optional Nyquist Workbench Module:
- If you wish to build Nyquist Workbench, it must be done on the same day as Audacity is built.
- Build the module
make modules
- Copy modules to Audacity installation folder:
sudo cp -r modules/ /usr/local/share/audacity/
- Eable Nyquist Workbench:
- Launch Audacity
- Enable Nyquist Workbench in “Edit->Preferences->modules”
- Restart Audacity.