Audacity 3.4.2 is out with Various More Bug-fixes

Last updated: November 18, 2023 — Leave a comment

For users of Audacity 3.4.x, the popular audio editor and recorder app just announced the second update for this release series.

It’s Audacity 3.4.2 that includes following bug-fixes:

  • Fix crash when opening projects with zero-length clips.
  • Fix a crash when clearing loops.
  • Fix Nyquist-related crashes.
  • Fix a crash when closing Audacity.
  • When exporting a file, the sample rate of the tracks is now considered, and last-used sample rate is remembered.
  • Copy-pasting now pastes into audio again by default. Though, there’s an option to change in Preferences.
  • Mix and render now also resets the gain for the resulting track.
  • Fix clips shifting to the right when effects are applied to them.
  • Fix clicks occurring when overdubbing a project with muted tracks.
  • Fix files being exported without a file extension in rare cases.
  • Show all sample rates possible for MP2 exports.
  • Fix pasting into labels.
  • Fix copying when “select all audio if selection required” is enabled.
  • Fix GTK detection and compilation for wxWidgets 3.2.4.
  • Fix EQs in macros.
  • Fix builds on armhf.

How to Install Audacity 3.4.2

Audacity is available to install Ubuntu Linux through a few different ways. They include AppImage, Ubuntu PPA, and Flatpak. Just choose either one that you prefer.

Option 1: AppImage (official)
It provides official macOS .dmg, Windows .exe, and Linux .AppImage packages available to download at the link below:

Download Audacity

For Linux, click expand the “Assets” section and choose download the .AppImage package.

Then, right-click on the .AppImage file and go to its ‘Properties’ dialog. Add executable permission by enable ‘allow executing file as program‘. Finally, right-click on it and select “Run” to launch Audacity.

Option 2: Ubuntu PPA

For choice, I’ve uploaded the new release package into unofficial PPA for Ubuntu 22.04, 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10 with amd64, arm64, and armhf support.

1. First, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When terminal opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/audacity

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.

2. For Linux Mint users, you may manually update system package cache by running command:

sudo apt update

3. Finally, install Audacity 3.4.2 either by running the  command below in terminal:

sudo apt install audacity audacity-data

Or, launch ‘Software Updater’ to update from an existing version:

Option 3: Flatpak

Audacity is also available to install as universal Flatpak package, that run in sandbox.

First, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. Then, Ubuntu users can install Audacity as Flatpak by running the 2 commands below one by one:

sudo apt install flatpak
flatpak install https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.audacityteam.Audacity.flatpakref

Uninstall:

To uninstall Audacity 3.4.2 PPA package, you have 2 choices:

  • Purge the Ubuntu PPA, which also downgrade the installed packages to the stock versions in your system: 
    sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/audacity
  • Or, remove Audacity package by running command: 
    sudo apt remove --autoremove audacity audacity-data

    Then, remove the Ubuntu PPA via command:

    sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/audacity

To uninstall the Flatpak package, use command:

flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.audacityteam.Audacity

Also run flatpak uninstall --unused to remove useless runtimes.

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LUbuntu 22.04 users can now upgrade to LXQt 1.4.0 through PPA

Last updated: November 16, 2023 — Leave a comment

For LUbuntu 22.04 users, the latest LXQt desktop 1.4.0 is available to upgrade now through the official PPA.

LXQt, the lightweight Qt desktop environment, announced the release of 1.4.0 more than a week ago. Changes in the new desktop release include:

  • lxqt-menu-data is released to replace lxmenu-data anywhere needed.
  • In file manager, user can add the command for the default terminal
  • Restore last window also restores state of split view
  • Remember password and anonymity settings of the mount dialog
  • QTerminal supports audible bell as an option
  • Image viewer has a minimal support for color spaces now.

How to Upgrade to LXQt 1.4.0 in LUbuntu 22.04

LUbuntu Team has made the new release package into this official Ubuntu PPA for current 22.04 LTS.

1. Add PPA

First, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run the command below to add the official PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lubuntu-dev/backports

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.

2. Update LXQt Desktop:

While adding the PPA, it should automatically refresh system package cache. So, your can then run the command below to update LXQt to v1.4.0:

sudo apt full-upgrade

NOTE: apt full-upgrade is required rather than apt upgrade, or some core libraries will be kept back.

For non-LUbuntu but Ubuntu 22.04 based systems, user can use the command below to install LXQt 1.4.0:

sudo apt install lubuntu-desktop

In case you want to restore your system later, it’s better to written down what packages it’s going to install via terminal output.

When done, restart your computer and launch “About LXQt” dialog to verify.

Uninstall LXQt 1.4.0 in LUbuntu 22.04

To restore your LUbuntu desktop, run the command below in terminal to install ppa-purge and use the tool to purge the PPA repository:

sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:lubuntu-dev/backports

It will downgrade all the installed packages from the PPA to the stock versions in system repository. When done, restart your system.

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Get Back Top Panel App Menu Indicator in Ubuntu 24.04

Last updated: April 28, 2024 — Leave a comment

Since Ubuntu 23.10 with default GNOME 45 desktop, there’s no longer app menu indicator in top-panel next to workspace indicator (previously ‘Activities’).

It’s an indicator menu for current running app window in focus, which has few basic options such as “New Window” and “Quit”.

GNOME has proposed to replace the app menu with a new way for indicating window focus. GNOME 45 takes the first step by removing it from top-panel.

For those who prefer the top panel app menu, it’s easy to get it back by using an extension. And, here’s how to do the trick step by step.

Get back App Menu Indicator in GNOME 45/46

NOTE: This tutorial should work in Ubuntu 23.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 39, Manjaro, Arch, and other Linux with GNOME 45/46.

For Ubuntu 23.10 and Ubuntu 24.04, firstly launch App Center, then search for and install “Extension Manager” app.

Install Extension Manager in Ubuntu Software/App Center

Next, launch “Extension Manager”, and use it to search & install the “App menu is back” extension, under Browse tab.

After installing the extension, the app menu should be back in top-panel, next to the ‘pill and dot’ workspace indicator once you selected any app window.

For Fedora 39 and other Linux, just launch web browser and go to the extension page in EGO via the link below:

App menu is back

Then, use the ON/OFF switch in the page to install the extension. In case you don’t see the toggle switch, install web browser extension via the link it prompted and refresh the page.

That’s it. Enjoy!

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PPA Updated for Installing FFmpeg 6.1 in Ubuntu 22.04

Last updated: November 13, 2023 — 7 Comments

FFmpeg multi-media library updated to version 6.1, code-name “Heaviside”, few days ago!

According to the FFmpeg release page, the new 6.1 release features new libaribcaption decoder, RivaTuner video decoder, Playdate video decoder and demuxer, vMix video decoder, OSQ demuxer and decoder, as well as Microsoft RLE video encoder and VAAPI AV1 encoder.

The release also includes some new filters, including arls filter, afireqsrc audio source filter, color_vulkan filter, bwdif_vulkan filter, nlmeans_vulkan filter, zoneplate video source filter, xfade_vulkan filter, apsnr and asisdr audio filters, bwdif_cuda filter.

Other changes include:

  • CRI USM demuxer
  • Raw AC-4 muxer and demuxer
  • Raw VVC bitstream parser, muxer and demuxer
  • Extend VAAPI support for libva-win32 on Windows
  • ffmpeg CLI new option: -readrate_initial_burst
  • command support in the setpts and asetpts filters
  • Vulkan decode hwaccel, supporting H264, HEVC and AV1
  • Essential Video Coding parser, muxer and demuxer
  • Essential Video Coding frame merge bsf
  • Bitstream filter for editing metadata in VVC streams
  • Bitstream filter for converting VVC from MP4 to Annex B
  • scale_vt filter for videotoolbox
  • transpose_vt filter for videotoolbox
  • support for the P_SKIP hinting to speed up libx264 encoding
  • Support HEVC,VP9,AV1 codec in enhanced flv format
  • Support HEVC,VP9,AV1 codec fourcclist in enhanced rtmp protocol
  • ffmpeg CLI ‘-top’ option deprecated in favor of the setfield filter
  • ffprobe XML output schema changed to account for multiple variable-fields elements within the same parent element
  • ffprobe -output_format option added as an alias of -of

Install FFmpeg 6.1 in Ubuntu 22.04

NOTE: FFmpeg is an important media library that many apps depend on it. Install newer FFmpeg in Ubuntu may cause dependency issues (or even break your system). Use it at your own risk!!

I’ve made the new release package into this unofficial PPA for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS only, with x86_64, and 32/64-bit Arm architectures support.

1. First, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open a terminal window. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/ffmpeg6

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.

2. For Linux Mint 21, you need to manually refresh package cache after adding PPA. To do so, run command:

sudo apt update

3. Finally, run the command below to either install or upgrade to FFmpeg 6.1:

sudo apt install ffmpeg

In case of in-complete installation, it’s HIGHLY recommend to run sudo apt upgrade to update all the packages to the latest versions.

4. After installation, run the command below in terminal to verify:

ffmpeg --version

How to Downgrade FFmpeg library:

In case you want to downgrade the FFmpeg library to the stock version available in system repository. Open terminal and run command:

sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/ffmpeg6

NOTE: Keep an eye in terminal output before answering yes to confirm! It MAY remove some other useful app packages, though it should be able to install them back later.

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Linux Kernel 6.6 Now Easy to Install in Ubuntu 22.04/20.04 via Zabbly Repository

Last updated: November 13, 2023 — Leave a comment

For those who want to install the most recent Kernel 6.6 with new hardware support or compatibility fixes, it’s now available in the zabbly repository for Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Debian 12.

Linux 6.6 was released few weeks ago as the latest Kernel series. It features PSR power saving for Intel 4th/5th CPU, initial PECI support for 4th Gen Xeon, initial support for the Intel Lunar Lake VPU4, Dynamic Boost Control support for AMD Ryzen laptops, as well as various new hardware support. See HERE for more.

As Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA is stuck at old RC5 for unknown reason, there’s NO official package for the new Kernel release.

For choice, the Zabbly repository maintained by Ubuntu core developer (quit a few months ago) has updated the new kernel package for Ubuntu 22.04 & 20.04.

Add Zabbly Repository & install latest Kernel

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. Then, run the commands below one by one to add the repository and install latest Kernel:

  • Download & install the key: 
    sudo wget -O - https://pkgs.zabbly.com/key.asc |sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/zabbly.asc
  • Setup the repository via single command: 
    sh -c 'cat <<EOF > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zabbly-kernel-stable.sources
Enabled: yes
Types: deb
URIs: https://pkgs.zabbly.com/kernel/stable
Suites: $(. /etc/os-release && echo ${VERSION_CODENAME})
Components: main
Architectures: $(dpkg --print-architecture)
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/zabbly.asc

EOF'

    This is a single command for Ubuntu/Debian. For their based systems, you have to replace $(. /etc/os-release && echo ${VERSION_CODENAME}) with jammy (for 22.04 base), focal (for 20.04 base), or bookworm for Debian 12 base.

  • Finally, update & install the new kernel: 
    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install linux-zabbly

In case the previous steps are not clear enough, or it broke things up, see this step by step detailed guide instead.

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OBS Studio 30.0 Released! How to Install in Ubuntu via PPA

Last updated: November 13, 2023 — Leave a comment

OBS Studio, the popular live streaming software, announced new 30.0 release yesterday. Here are the new features and how to install guide for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04/23.10, and Linux Mint 21.

OBS-Studio 30.0 is a big release with many new features. They include WHIP/WebRTC output, support for Intel QSV H264, HEVC, AV1 on Linux, “Safe Mode” that runs without scripting, and websockets, 10-bit capture and HDR playback support for Decklink devices.

Other changes include:

  • Redesigned the status bar
  • Full-Height docks option in the “Docks” menu
  • Add shader cache to improve startup time on Windows
  • Add application audio capture on macOS
  • Rework the virtual camera on macOS
  • Add YouTube Live Control Room Panel when streaming to YouTube
  • Option to hide OBS windows from macOS Screen Capture’s “Display Capture”
  • Arrange filters via drag & drop
  • Ability to set FFmpeg Options for VAAPI

And, there are tons of other changes and bug-fixes, see the release page for details.

How to Install OBS Studio 30.0 in Ubuntu

The release page (see the link above) provides Windows .exe, Mac OS .dmg, and Ubuntu .deb packages for downloading under ‘Assets’ section.

For Ubuntu and Linux Mint, there’s also an official PPA available to make it easy to keep the software up-to-date.

The PPA supports the new release for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, Ubuntu 23.10, and their based systems. While, Ubuntu 20.04 does not longer supported due to FFmpeg version mis-match.

1. Firstly, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open a terminal window. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.

2. Then, either use Software Updater to update the software package (if an old version was installed).

Or, use apt command to install/upgrade the software package:

sudo apt install obs-studio

NOTE: Linux Mint may need to run sudo apt update first to update package cache.

Once installed, search for and launch OBS Studio from ‘Activities’ overview or start menu depends on your desktop environment and enjoy!

NOTE: OBS Studio in Ubuntu 22.04 and higher with Wayland, looks kinda borderless, due to Qt theming issue. If you prefer the classic header-bar and window border, see this tutorial to enable xcb plugin

Uninstall OBS Studio

To downgrade the software to the stock version that your system repository provides, run command:

sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:obsproject/obs-studio

Or, either open Software & Updates and remove the PPA source line under ‘Other Software’ tab:

or run command in terminal to remove the PPA repository:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:obsproject/obs-studio

Also, remove the OBS Studio if you want by running command in terminal:

sudo apt remove --autoremove obs-studio
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Hugin 2023.0.0 Released! PPA Updated for Ubuntu 23.10, 22.04 & 20.04

Last updated: November 12, 2023 — 3 Comments

Hugin, the free open-source panorama photo stitching and HDR merging software, finally released the new stable 2023 release!

Changes in the new release include:

  • PTBatcherGUI can now also queue user defined assistant and user defined output sequences.
  • PTBatcherGUI: Added option to generate panorama sequences from an existing pto template.
  • Assistant: Added option to select different output options like projection, FOV or canvas size depending on different variables (e.g. image count, field of view, lens type).
  • Allow building with epoxy instead of GLEW for OpenGL pointer management.
  • Several improvements to crop tool (outside crop, aspect ratio, …).

How to install Hugin 2023.0.0 in Ubuntu:

For the source tarball as well as Windows msi packages, go the sourceforge download page.

For all current Ubuntu releases, including Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.10, and their based systems, I’ve made the unofficial package into this PPA repository, not only for x86_64 but also 32-bit/64-bit ARM support!

I also sync the packages into the apps PPA, use either one as you prefer.

1. First, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/hugin

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.

2. Update system package cache for Ubuntu 18.04 and Linux Mint, though it’s done automatically while adding PPA in Ubuntu 20.04+:

sudo apt update

3. Finally, either run the command below in terminal to install the panorama photo stitcher:

sudo apt install hugin

Or, upgrade the software (if an old version was installed) via Software Updater (Update Manager) app:

Uninstall hugin:

To remove the software package, simply run command:

sudo apt remove --autoremove hugin hugin-data

And, remove the PPA either by running command in terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/hugin

Or remove the source line from ‘Software & Updates‘ utility under Other Software tab.

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Tilix Terminal Emulator 1.9.6 is out, how to Install via PPA

Last updated: November 14, 2023 — 4 Comments

Tilix terminal emulator released version 1.9.6 few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10.

Tilix is a tiling terminal emulator, which uses the VTE GTK+ 3 widget for various features, such as split horizontally or vertically, transparent background, background images, quake mode support, custom hyperlinks, experimental trigger and badge support.

The development of Tilix is moving slowly now due to lack of maintainers. The new 1.9.6 is released more than 20 months after the last stable. And, it only includes minor new features and bug-fixes:

  • Add close button to search box.
  • Replace variables in custom link commands
  • Follow system color-scheme for default theme-variant
  • Add compatibility with Nautilus 43
  • Avoid shell injection in open-tilix plugin
  • Fix GLib critical warnings on startup
  • Update to GtkD 3.10.0

Tilix search box has close button.

How to Install Tilix 1.9.6 in Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.10

The new release provides prebuild package for Linux, which is available to download at the link below:

Download Tilix

It’s ‘tilix-1.9.6_x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz‘ for 64-bit modern PC and laptop. Just download the package, extract, and run the executable to launch the terminal emulator.

Ubuntu PPA

The official tarball does NOT include run-time libraries. You have to manually figure out “error while loading shared libraries …” errors.

To make the life easy, I’ve upload the new packages into this unofficial PPA, build against the rules from Debian Unstable. So far, it supports Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.04, Ubuntu 23.10, on both x86_64 and AArch64(arm64).

1. First, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/tilix

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.

2. Linux Mint 21 users need to refresh system package cache manually, by either running the command below or using “Refresh” button in Update Manager:

sudo apt update

3. Finally, either run command to install the terminal emulator:

sudo apt install tilix

Or, update it through Software Updater (Update Manager) utility.

NOTE: Upgrading from v1.9.5 may cause following error pop-up at launch, but I don’t know how to correct the issue.

Thanks to @oswald_c, you may fix the issue by enabling ‘Run command as a login shell’ to enable it‘ option under default profile of “Preferences” dialog. See the screenshot below:

Uninstall Tilix

To downgrade Tilix to stock version in your system repository, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to purge the PPA:

sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/tilix

To uninstall Tilix, use this command instead:

sudo apt remove --autoremove tilix tilix-common

And, remove the Ubuntu PPA, either by running command in terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/tilix

or use “Software & Updates” to remove the source line under “Other Software” tab.

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PPA Updated for Installing GIMP 2.10.38 in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04

Last updated: May 17, 2024 — 11 Comments

GIMP image editor announced a new stable release for the 2.10 series few days ago. Here’s how you can install it in Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and Ubuntu 23.10.

First of all, GIMP 2.10.38 includes Windows Ink drivers support for better tablets support on Windows. It also backports some small features from GTK3 to GTK2, with some improvements for Windows users. They include:

  • Use native Windows API for converting keystrokes to characters,
  • Fix keyboard input when using IMEs,
  • Fix mouse events in presence of transparent windows on the desktop,
  • Win32 IME Fixes, and more.

Besides the improvements for Windows users, the release also includes various bug-fixes, including that GIMP crashes every time on exit in my case in Ubuntu 24.04. See release note for more about GIMP 2.10.38.

(Old content for GIMP 2.10.36) The new release also has some new features. They include Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) and Adobe Color Book (ACB) palettes support.

Gradient Tool now has an “FG to Transparent (Hardedge)” option, to generate a gradient from the foreground color to transparency, with hard-edge transitions between the 2 colors. Which, as well includes a “Repeat” option to alternate repetitive colored shapes.

Other changes in GIMP 2.10.36 include:

  • Load GIF images with PixelAspectRatio header metadata correctly.
  • Improve formatting behavior when selecting and changing text on canvas.
  • Add “Table of Contents” option under Help > User Manual submenu.
  • Workaround broken graphic tablet with recent linuxwacom driver on Linux.

How to Install GIMP 2.10.38 in Ubuntu

GIMP provides official Linux package through Flatpak. For choices, they are Snap package and Ubuntu PPAs (.deb) maintained by contributors.

Option 1: Flatpak (official)

Flatpak is an universal package format that can be installed in most Linux, though it runs in sandbox.

To install GIMP 2.10.38 as Flatpak, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal and run the 2 commands below one by one:

  • Install the Flatpak daemon package: 
    sudo apt install flatpak
  • Install GIMP Flatpak package: 
    flatpak install https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.gimp.GIMP.flatpakref

If you already installed an old version of the Flatpak package, try to update it by running command:

flatpak update org.gimp.GIMP

Option 2: Snap package

Like Flatpak, Snap is also an universal Linux package format runs in sandbox environment. It’s easy to install by simply search & click installing in App Center (or Ubuntu Software for 22.04 & earlier).

Option 3: Ubuntu PPA

For those who prefer native .deb package format, I’ve upload the new release package into this unofficial PPA for Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, and Ubuntu 23.10, with amd64, arm64 and armhf support.

1. First, open terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to add PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/gimp

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.

2. Linux Mint users need to manually refresh system package cache, though, it’s done automatically in Ubuntu while adding PPA. To do so, run command:

sudo apt update

3. Finally, either run command to install GIMP 2.10.38:

sudo apt install gimp gegl libgexiv2-2

For Ubuntu 20.04, also run sudo apt install libgexiv2-2 to update the runtime library. Or run sudo apt upgrade if GIMP refused to run after installation.

Or, use “Software Updater” (Update Manager) to upgrade your current GIMP to the latest.

Uninstall GIMP

If you installed GIMP via the official Flatpak package, run command below in terminal to uninstall it:

flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.gimp.GIMP

Also run flatpak uninstall --unused to remove useless runtimes.

For the Snap package, simply use Ubuntu Software or App Center to uninstall it.

For the PPA package, either run command to purge PPA and downgrade to the stock version:

sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/gimp

Or, remove the image editor directly by running command:

sudo apt remove --autoremove gimp gimp-data gegl libgimp2.0 libbabl

Then, remove the PPA either via command:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/gimp

or ‘Software & Updates’ tool under Other Software tab by removing the source line.

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Audacity 3.4.1 Released with BSD & ARM Builds & Other Fixes

Last updated: November 17, 2023 — Leave a comment

Audacity audio editor announced the first point release for the Audacity 3.4.0 feature release today!

The release can now built again in ARM devices and BSD. And, it has various stability and other fixes that 3.4.0 users are urged to upgrade to the new release.

They include:

  • Fix 24-bit recording.
  • Fix a crash with .aup importing.
  • Fix crossfading of clips and tracks.
  • Exporting multiple files honors sample rate settings again.
  • Fix crashes related to external program exports.
  • Ctrl+J is now a standard shortcut for joining clips.
  • Stereo tracks no longer randomly split into mono.
  • When exporting a file, the file extension is now always added
  • Fix a crash when exporting Opus with older CPUs that don’t support AVX.

How to Install Audacity 3.4.1 in Ubuntu:

Option 1: AppImage (official)
It provides official macOS .dmg, Windows .exe, and Linux .AppImage packages available to download at the link below:

Download Audacity

For Linux, click expand the “Assets” section and choose download the .AppImage package.

Then, right-click on the .AppImage file and go to its ‘Properties’ dialog. Add executable permission by enable ‘allow executing file as program‘. Finally, right-click on it and select “Run” to launch Audacity.

Forgive me for the old image.

Option 2: Ubuntu PPA

For choice, I’ve uploaded the new release package into unofficial PPA for Ubuntu 22.04, 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10 with amd64, arm64, and armhf support.

1. First, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When terminal opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/audacity

Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.

2. For Linux Mint users, you may manually update system package cache by running command:

sudo apt update

3. Finally, install Audacity 3.4.1 either by running the  command below in terminal:

sudo apt install audacity audacity-data

Or, launch ‘Software Updater’ to update from an existing version:

Option 3: Flatpak

Audacity is also available to install as universal Flatpak package, that run in sandbox.

First, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. Then, Ubuntu users can install Audacity as Flatpak by running the 2 commands below one by one:

sudo apt install flatpak
flatpak install https://dl.flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.audacityteam.Audacity.flatpakref

Uninstall:

To uninstall Audacity 3.4.1 PPA package, you have 2 choices:

  • Purge the Ubuntu PPA, which also downgrade the installed packages to the stock versions in your system: 
    sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/audacity
  • Or, remove Audacity package by running command: 
    sudo apt remove --autoremove audacity audacity-data

    Then, remove the Ubuntu PPA via command:

    sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/audacity

To uninstall the Flatpak package, use command:

flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.audacityteam.Audacity

Also run flatpak uninstall --unused to remove useless runtimes.

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