Audacity 2.3.2 / Ubuntu 18.04.2LTS / PPA install

Audacity Help Forum GNU/Linux
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I followed the install directions for official binaries but I can’t launch the program. It dumps core. That’s from a terminal, If I do it by icon on the desktop - nothing. I’m running 18.04.2LTS with the Low Latency kernel.

$ audacity
Gtk-Message: 17:55:31.908: Failed to load module “canberra-gtk-module”
lo server running on 14315
terminate called after throwing an instance of ‘std::bad_alloc’
what(): std::bad_alloc
Aborted (core dumped)
$

Here’s what was installed:

$ apt list | grep audacity

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

audacity/bionic,now 2.3.2-0build1~ubuntu18.04 amd64 [installed]
audacity-data/bionic,bionic,now 2.3.2-0build1~ubuntu18.04 all [installed,automatic]
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And here’s what’s in apt.sources:

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntuhandbook1-ubuntu-audacity-bionic.list
deb > Index of /ubuntuhandbook1/audacity/ubuntu > bionic main

deb-src > Index of /ubuntuhandbook1/audacity/ubuntu > bionic main

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Anyone else run across this?

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The only version of Audacity that is officially supported by Ubuntu 18.04 is Audacity 2.2.1 (https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=bionic&searchon=names&keywords=audacity)
The PPA at https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/audacity/ is an unofficial repository.
There is a link for contacting the PPA maintainer on that page.

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Why would the Audacity project include a link on the official web site to that install if it’s not supported and unofficial?

4

Where is that?

5

Audacity Screenshot2.png
Whatever man. Ardour to the rescue.

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Thanks. I’ve updated that web page to clarify that the PPA is unofficial.

Have you tried the 2.2.1 version from the main Ubuntu repository? That works fine for me.