I can get the internet versions to read Quick Help and Manual but cannot find how to download these so that they can be accessed from the Audacity Help menu without the need to be online. OS is Linux Mint 12 on one computer and Ubuntu 10,04 on the other.
Personally I’ve set up a folder on the “Bookmarks Toolbar” of my web browser (Firefox) and have several bookmarks in that folder to a number of pages in the manual, and some pages in the Audacity wiki. As the Audacity help is in HTML format and displays in the web browser, I find that this method is just as convenient, but more flexible than using the built-in help.
However, to answer your question, the instructions for installing are here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Unzipping_the_Manual
Note that the location of the manual after unzipping is crucial. If you Audacity does not see the manual after you have installed it, please say if you installed Audacity from the distribution repository (for example through the Software Center) or by some other means. Also, please state the exact location of the file “index.html” in the help.
I also have a similar problem. So I installed the manual from online.
PROBLEM: Now, when I open the “Manual” or “Quick Help” options from inside of Audacity, it is showing one of the .html files which was part of the download. In KWrite. Instead of opening up a normal application-search or manual interface.
What do I do now?
DETAILS:
-Using Mageia 9
-Downloaded Audacity today.
-From Software Center
-From Audacity download latest version
-I Downloaded “Audacity Audacity Manual”; which says it is for - oh, it doesn’t say which OS it is for.
-I downloaded INTO my Downloads folder; but then I moved it into /usr/share/audacity/manual/
-I logged into Root and made the manual folder editable…or was it the help folder (1 level up)? Including all sub-folders & their contents.
-I unzipped the file.
-I RE-logged into Root and made the whole Audacity folder here editable, including all sub-folders & their contents.
-I moved the help folder created from unzipping the .gz file, up into the same place as the original “help” folder.
-I renamed the original “help” folder so that I could do this, and they wouldn’t interfere with each other, I intend to move everything to the original “help” folder and/or the original “manual” folder inside of the original “help” folder afterward. And then delete the NEW “help” and “manual” folders.
-I also intend to change the folders’ privileges back to default afterward.
You asked for specific details; here are plenty of specific details! But I intend this as a mostly light-hearted comment, and to “protect myself against” “too much info”; I am definitely not making any sort of actual gripe.
The offline manual has been made independent from Audacity itself. You can unzip the file now anywhere and open and navigate the HTML pages in your browser