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[bogainey]

stevethefiddle
I have followed your advice. When I went into my package manager it showed that I already had libasound2 so I installed the remaining libasounds but it still post an error over the package and it will not allow the download to continue. It's funny because, it's in my desktop but it will not allow me to open the site when I pull it up.
Now I'm really stumped. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Bo

[steve]

I think we have a misunderstanding. There are 2 steps to this:
Step 1 = download the file "audacity_1.3.5-2_i386.deb" to your desktop.
Step 2 = Install Audacity.

The error message that you are getting is "step 2" error message - it is indicating an installation problem.

First you must download the file to your desktop (step 1) and you should see the file "audacity_1.3.5-2_i386.deb" on your desktop.

When you clicked on the link, it should have prompted you to either "Open with - GDebi package installer", or to"Save" the file. You should choose to "Save" the file and you will be asked where to save it to - save it to the Desktop.

Saving the file can not cause that error message, so try downloading again and make sure that you select "Save". If you do not get the option to "Save" (and just get the error message), then Right Click on the download link and select "Save Link As..."

After the download has completed (step 1), then you can move onto "step 2" the installation, which should just be a matter of double clicking on the downloaded file and following any on-screen prompts.

[iluvmyoldmerc]

Hi stevethefiddle, another noob here.
I have Audacity 1.3.4 installed on Ubuntu 8.04 64 bit. I have a motherboard with built in Intel HDA sound.
I'm trying to use Audacity to record my LPs and cassettes via line in. I've had endless problems with Audacity recording, including freezing, unable to select correct input source, unable to play back recorded file etc.
I've scoured the forums and tried several things like killing pulseaudio, runing Audacity as the first program after restart to avoid other apps hogging the sound card, fiddling with the mixer etc. It seems every time I start Audacity I get a different problem.
Sound playback in other apps seems OK
I thought I'd try your recommendation and install Audacity 1.3.5, but I got the same problem as bogainey. I downloaded the package OK but when I tried to install it it said "Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libasound2 " I checked libasound2 in Synaptic and I have version 1.0.15-3ubuntu4 which is the latest version according to Synaptic.
Do I need to get a newer version of libasound2. If so, where do I get it from?
All I want to do is listen to Bob Dylan on my PC and MP3 player. How hard can it be?

Any help would greatly appreciated

[steve]

I'm guessing now because I don't have a 64 bit machine.
Which version of Audacity 1.3.5 did you download - amd64 or i386?

On my 32 bit computer with Ubuntu 8.04, the i386 version installed without any problem but I guess you need the other version for Ubuntu 8.04 64 bit.

Other workarounds... You could build Audacity 1.3.5 (or later) from the source code - This post may help: http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=8249

Another option is to run the Windows version in Wine. This worked quite well on my computer.

[iluvmyoldmerc]

Hi stevethefiddle.
thanks for the reply
I was installing the amd64 version of Audacity 1.3.5 when I got the libasound2 dependency problem
I'll try your suggestions in this order
1. install 32 bit version of Audacity 1.3.5
2. run windows version of Audacity in Wine
3. build Audacity from source
If none of them work plan D is to upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10
That'll keep me out of mischief for a while

I have another question for you? Can you point me to an idiot's guide to Linux audio? I don't understand the hardware devices or the software terminology. pulseaudio, ALSA OSS PCM etc. I've looked up all the acronyms but am still none the wiser.
cheers

[iluvmyoldmerc]

Oops,
I went to the the Audacity site to get the 32 bit version and noticed all the dependencies. The first on the list was libasound2 1.0.16. That answers my previous question "do i need a later version of libasound2". It look like I do
did you install all the dependencies when you installed the 32 bit version of 1.3.5?
I checked a few of them apart from libasound2 and the only other dependency that is out of date or missing is
libsoundtouch1c2

If I install these 2 will it break anything else?

maybe upgrade to 8.10 is a safer option?

[steve]

Can you point me to an idiot's guide to Linux audio? I don't understand the hardware devices or the software terminology. pulseaudio, ALSA OSS PCM etc. I've looked up all the acronyms but am still none the wiser.

Confusing isn't it I'm just starting to get my head around it, but not enough to explain it to anyone. If you find a good on-line guide, feel free to post a link.

did you install all the dependencies when you installed the 32 bit version of 1.3.5?

No. I was using Ubuntu 8.04 (32 bit) and Audacity 1.3.5 installed with no problems at all. Perhaps I had previously installed some other software that had already satisfied that dependency, or perhaps the 32 bit version of Ubuntu 8.04 has later versions.

If I install these 2 will it break anything else?
maybe upgrade to 8.10 is a safer option?

Make sure that you have your home directory backed up, then if you mess up, at least you still have your data.
If you want to upgrade to 8.10, I would recommend doing a clean install - it's a lot quicker than an upgrade, and you end up with a sparkling new machine.