Can't find library

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exsheeple
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Can't find library

Post by exsheeple » Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:47 am

I am running the latest version on Audacity 2.1.2. When I go into Edit / Preferences I don't see the Libraries option. Is this a feature I need to add? Thanks!!!
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Re: Can't find library

Post by steve » Sat Oct 29, 2016 11:08 am

Which version of Linux?
How did you install Audacity?
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Re: Can't find library

Post by Gale Andrews » Sat Oct 29, 2016 1:21 pm

exsheeple wrote:I am running the latest version on Audacity 2.1.2. When I go into Edit / Preferences I don't see the Libraries option. Is this a feature I need to add?
This is normal if you are using a distro-packaged version of Audacity on Debian-based systems. Such packaged versions are built with --disable-dynamic-loading as explained here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_ ... ferences_2.

So, MP3 export and import and export of formats that require FFmpeg should in theory "just work".


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Re: Can't find library

Post by exsheeple » Sun Oct 30, 2016 2:32 am

steve wrote:Which version of Linux?
How did you install Audacity?
Sorry...i left out that info...16.04. I downloaded Audacity from the Software center
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Re: Can't find library

Post by steve » Sun Oct 30, 2016 12:26 pm

exsheeple wrote: Sorry...i left out that info...16.04.
I presume that you mean "Ubuntu 16.04".

As Gale wrote, it is normal on Ubuntu to not have the "Libraries" option. Installing Audacity from the Ubuntu repository should automatically install Lame and FFmpeg (or avconv). Note that the version of FFmpeg / avconv used by Ubuntu is probably more recent than what Audacity officially supports, so we can't guarantee how well it will work / which formats will be supported. MP3 export should work OK.
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