{"id":8719,"date":"2019-03-09T15:22:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T15:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8719"},"modified":"2019-03-09T15:22:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T15:22:26","slug":"audacity-2-3-1-released-how-to-install-it-in-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/03\/audacity-2-3-1-released-how-to-install-it-in-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"Audacity 2.3.1 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu 18.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/audacity-icon245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6630\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Audacity audio editor 2.3.1 was finally released and <b>restored Linux support<\/b> which was missing in 2.3.0.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacityteam.org\/audacity-2-3-1-released\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Audacity 2.3.1<\/a> brings over 20 bug-fixes and following new features \/ improvements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microfades are now an opt-in feature. They were always on in 2.3.0.<\/li>\n<li>The advanced vertical zooming option is now available in the View->Zoom menu.<\/li>\n<li>Regular interval labels now support range labels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/audacity231.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/audacity231-600x410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/audacity231-600x410.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/audacity231-450x307.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/audacity231-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/audacity231.jpg 1006w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install Audacity 2.3.1 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>There&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/audacity\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">unofficial PPA<\/a> contains the 2.3.1 packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 19.04, and their derivatives, e.g., Linux Mint 18.x and 19.x.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal either via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> keyboard shortcut or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from app launcher. When it opens, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/audacity<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type user password (no asterisk feedback due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter to add the PPA.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/audacity-ppa-bionic-600x83.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"83\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/audacity-ppa-bionic-600x83.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/audacity-ppa-bionic-450x62.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/audacity-ppa-bionic.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> If you have a previous version installed, you can upgrade Audacity via Software Updater after adding the PPA.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-audacity-450x309.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade audacity\" width=\"450\" height=\"309\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-audacity-450x309.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-audacity-600x413.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-audacity.jpg 739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or run following commands one by one to check updates and install (or upgrade) audacity 2.3.1:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install audacity<\/pre>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove the PPA repository, launch <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> utility and navigate to &#8216;Other Software&#8217; tab.<\/p>\n<p>To remove Audacity audio software, either use system package manager or run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove audacity audacity-data<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audacity audio editor 2.3.1 was finally released and restored Linux support which was missing in 2.3.0. Audacity 2.3.1 brings over 20 bug-fixes and following new features \/ improvements: Microfades are now an opt-in feature. They were always on in 2.3.0. The advanced vertical zooming option is now available in the View->Zoom menu. 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