# Can't run Audacity 2.1.2-4 on Fedora 24 / strange errors.

**URL:** <https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/cant-run-audacity-2-1-2-4-on-fedora-24-strange-errors/42876>\
**Category:** GNU/Linux\
**Created:** [July 9, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/cant-run-audacity-2-1-2-4-on-fedora-24-strange-errors/42876 "2016-07-09T00:21:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![polemon](https://forum.audacityteam.org/user_avatar/forum.audacityteam.org/polemon/32/33619_2.png) [@polemon](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/polemon)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/cant-run-audacity-2-1-2-4-on-fedora-24-strange-errors/42876/1 "2016-07-09T00:21:57Z")

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OK, so I’ve installed Audacity 2.1.2 on Fedora 24 from the regular Fedora repos (audacity-2.1.2-4.fc24.x86\_64), but I’m getting very strange errors:

when I’m trying to start audacity from command line, I get this error:

```plaintext
% audacity 
audacity: symbol lookup error: audacity: undefined symbol: _ZN4FLAC7Decoder4File4initERKNSt7__cxx1112basic_stringIcSt11char_traitsIcESaIcEEE

```

This occurs, even when starting with --help, or any other command line switch.

When I try to start Audacity from the Applications menu, it does open, but this is what I see:  
 ![Screenshot_2016-07-09_02-17-43.png](https://forum.audacityteam.org/uploads/default/original/2X/d/dca6f6962d9882ce05e98e1f913591eb39baf14d.png)  
As you can see, the control buttons (stop, play, pause, etc.) are missing, instead there is like a blank space or something. I can’t get rid of it no matter what I do.  
I don’t really know what happened here, or why these errors occur. Audacity seemed to have worked somewhat nice on Fedora 23, but on F24 things are a little wonky.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Gale\_Andrews](https://forum.audacityteam.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gale\_Andrews](https://forum.audacityteam.org/u/Gale_Andrews)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/cant-run-audacity-2-1-2-4-on-fedora-24-strange-errors/42876/2 "2016-07-09T11:50:48Z")

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That looks like a packaging problem. You may need to install a different FLAC package. We can’t help with that. Ask here: [http://www.forums.fedoraforum.org/](http://www.forums.fedoraforum.org/).

Please let us know if they offer a solution.  
  
  
Gale