{"id":44720,"date":"2023-11-17T12:07:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T12:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=44720"},"modified":"2023-11-18T12:48:50","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T12:48:50","slug":"audacity-3-4-2-more-bug-fixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/11\/audacity-3-4-2-more-bug-fixes\/","title":{"rendered":"Audacity 3.4.2 is out with Various More Bug-fixes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/audacity-icon.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-43151\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/audacity-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/audacity-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/audacity-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/audacity-icon-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/audacity-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/audacity-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For users of Audacity 3.4.x, the popular audio editor and recorder app just announced the second update for this release series.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Audacity 3.4.2 that includes following bug-fixes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fix crash when opening projects with zero-length clips.<\/li>\n<li>Fix a crash when clearing loops.<\/li>\n<li>Fix Nyquist-related crashes.<\/li>\n<li>Fix a crash when closing Audacity.<\/li>\n<li>When exporting a file, the sample rate of the tracks is now considered, and last-used sample rate is remembered.<\/li>\n<li>Copy-pasting now pastes into audio again by default. Though, there&#8217;s an option to change in Preferences.<\/li>\n<li>Mix and render now also resets the gain for the resulting track.<\/li>\n<li>Fix clips shifting to the right when effects are applied to them.<\/li>\n<li>Fix clicks occurring when overdubbing a project with muted tracks.<\/li>\n<li>Fix files being exported without a file extension in rare cases.<\/li>\n<li>Show all sample rates possible for MP2 exports.<\/li>\n<li>Fix pasting into labels.<\/li>\n<li>Fix copying when &#8220;select all audio if selection required&#8221; is enabled.<\/li>\n<li>Fix GTK detection and compilation for wxWidgets 3.2.4.<\/li>\n<li>Fix EQs in macros.<\/li>\n<li>Fix builds on armhf.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/audacity-342.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44721\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/audacity-342-600x375.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/audacity-342-600x375.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/audacity-342-300x187.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/audacity-342-768x480.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/audacity-342.webp 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Audacity 3.4.2<\/h3>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><b>Option 1: AppImage (official)<\/b><br \/>\nIt provides official macOS .dmg, Windows .exe, and Linux .AppImage packages available to download at the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/audacity\/audacity\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Audacity<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For Linux, click expand the &#8220;<b>Assets<\/b>&#8221; section and choose download the <b>.AppImage<\/b> package.<\/p>\n<p>Then, right-click on the .AppImage file and go to its &#8216;Properties&#8217; dialog. Add executable permission by enable &#8216;<i>allow executing file as program<\/i>&#8216;. Finally, right-click on it and select &#8220;Run&#8221; to launch Audacity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/audacity-342-appimage.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44722\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/audacity-342-appimage-600x329.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/audacity-342-appimage-600x329.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/audacity-342-appimage-300x165.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/audacity-342-appimage-768x421.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/audacity-342-appimage.webp 1159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Option 2: Ubuntu PPA<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For choice, I&#8217;ve uploaded the new release package into <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/audacity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unofficial PPA<\/a> for Ubuntu 22.04, 23.04, and Ubuntu 23.10 with amd64, arm64, and armhf support.<\/p>\n<p>1. First, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. When terminal opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/audacity<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43953\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/audacity-ppa-600x324.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/audacity-ppa-600x324.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/audacity-ppa-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/audacity-ppa.webp 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. For Linux Mint users, you may manually update system package cache by running command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<p>3. Finally, install Audacity 3.4.2 either by running the\u00a0 command below in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install audacity audacity-data<\/pre>\n<p>Or, launch &#8216;Software Updater&#8217; to update from an existing version:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/upgrade-audacity.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-44652\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/upgrade-audacity-600x497.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/upgrade-audacity-600x497.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/upgrade-audacity-300x248.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/upgrade-audacity.webp 708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Option 3: Flatpak<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Audacity is also available to install as universal <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/org.audacityteam.Audacity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak package<\/a>, that run in sandbox.<\/p>\n<p>First, press <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. Then, Ubuntu users can install Audacity as Flatpak by running the 2 commands below one by one:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/org.audacityteam.Audacity.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<h3>Uninstall:<\/h3>\n<p>To uninstall Audacity 3.4.2 PPA package, you have 2 choices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Purge the Ubuntu PPA, which also downgrade the installed packages to the stock versions in your system:\n<pre>sudo apt install ppa-purge &amp;&amp; sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/audacity<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Or, remove Audacity package by running command:\n<pre>sudo apt remove --autoremove audacity audacity-data<\/pre>\n<p>Then, remove the Ubuntu PPA via command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/audacity<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To uninstall the Flatpak package, use command:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.audacityteam.Audacity<\/pre>\n<p>Also run <code>flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code> to remove useless runtimes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For users of Audacity 3.4.x, the popular audio editor and recorder app just announced the second update for this release series. It&#8217;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. 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