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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en">Installing and updating Audacity on Linux</h1>
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<div id="siteSub">From Audacity Development Manual</div>
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<div class="intro">This page provides instructions for installing and updating Audacity on Linux computer platforms.
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<ul><li>In addition to basic Audacity you may wish to install the optional <a href="#linlame">LAME</a> <i><b><a href="glossary.html#mp3" title="Glossary">MP3</a></b></i> encoding software</li>
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<li>Also the optional <a href="#linff">FFmpeg</a> library which allows Audacity to import and export a much larger range of audio formats including <i><b><a href="glossary.html#aac" title="Glossary">M4A (AAC)</a></b></i>, AC3 and <i><b><a href="glossary.html#wma" title="Glossary">WMA</a></b></i> and also to import audio from most video files. </li>
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<li>Note carefully that simply re-installing Audacity will <i><b>not</b></i> clear and reset your Audacity settings for preferences and plugins. For instructions on how to achieve this please see <a href="#purge">Reset Audacity Settings</a>.</li></ul>
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<div class="note">If you are updating from Audacity 2.x or earlier please read <b><a href="updating_from_audacity_2.x_to_audacity_3.html" title="Updating from Audacity 2.x to Audacity 3.x">Updating from Audacity 2.x to Audacity 3.x</a></b> as there was a major change to the project file structure when Audacity 3.0.0 was introduced. </div>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Contents">Contents</span></h2>
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<ol><li><a href="#install">Installation instructions</a></li>
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<li><a href="#updates">Check for Updates</a></li>
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<li><a href="#linlame">Installing LAME</a></li>
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<li><a href="#linff">Installing the FFmpeg Import/Export Library</a></li>
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<li><a href="#purge">Reset Audacity Settings</a></li></ol>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Installation_instructions">Installation instructions</span></h2>
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<p>The recommended way to install software for most GNU/Linux and Unix-like Desktop distributions, is to install from the official distribution repository using a <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package_manager">package manager.</a> Most distributions provide Audacity packages.
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</p><p>Alternatively you can build the latest Audacity tagged release from our <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.audacityteam.org/download/source/">source code</a>.
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<div class="note">Some old versions of Audacity were incorrectly built. The minimum recommended version of Audacity for Linux is 2.1.2<br />
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<b>Note that this Manual only relates to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.audacityteam.org/download/source/">current release of Audacity</a></b>.</div>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="System_Requirements">System Requirements</span></h3>
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<p>We recommend using the latest version of GNU/Linux from your distribution that is compatible with your hardware specifications. Audacity will run best with at least 1GB RAM and a 2 GHz processor. Because it was originally written when computers were less powerful, you may be able to run it on much less powerful hardware too. Simple recording is possible on a 700 MHz Raspberry Pi, using a USB Microphone. However, Pi operating systems are not officially supported and Audacity may be less stable on them than on desktop operating systems.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Projects_saved_by_old_versions_of_Audacity">Projects saved by old versions of Audacity</span></h3>
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<p>Current Audacity can open project files saved by versions of Audacity 1.2.x and later, including 2.x.x.
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</p><p>These will be converted to the 3.x AUP3 single file format. See <a href="audacity_projects.html#open" title="Audacity Projects">Managing Audacity Projects</a> for more details.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Check_for_Updates">Check for Updates</span></h2>
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<p>You can check to see if you have the latest version of Audacity by using <span class="menu">Help > Check for Updates...</span>.
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</p><p>This takes you to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://audacityteam.org/download/">Download page</a> of the Audacity website where you can check what the latest release version of Audacity is.
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</p><p>You can then compare the latest release with the version you have now as shown by using <span class="menu">Help > About Audacity...</span>.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Installing_LAME">Installing LAME</span></h2>
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<td align="left" valign="top">When Audacity is installed from the official distribution repository, most distributions also install LAME automatically.
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<p>If you have installed Audacity and MP3 export is not available in Audacity, you may download (or compile) then install a compatible version of the LAME MP3 encoder. After installing LAME, it may be necessary to <a href="#locate_linlame">locate</a> it in <a href="libraries_preferences.html" title="Libraries Preferences">Libraries Preferences</a>.
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</p><p>Most Linux distributions have some sort of package manager that fetches software packages from the Internet and installs them for you. Open that package manager, search for LAME, and install it if it is not already installed.
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<td align="left" valign="top">If there is not a LAME package for your distribution, go to the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lame.sourceforge.net/index.php">LAME Project home page</a> and download the latest source code. Compile it as a shared object. When Audacity prompts you for it, it will be at <i>/usr/local/lib/libmp3lame.so</i>.
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<p>This is for <i><b>advanced</b></i> users. Inexperienced users are advised to look for a LAME package for their distribution.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Libraries_Preferences">Libraries Preferences</span></h3>
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<p>Some distributions (for example, current Ubuntu) package Audacity with MP3 encoding and FFmpeg (or <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://libav.org">Libav</a>) already linked dynamically to the relevant system libraries. In these packaged Audacity builds there is no need to locate LAME or FFmpeg, so Audacity will have no "Libraries" Preferences.
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</p><p>Users compiling Audacity from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://audacityteam.org/download/source">source code</a> can similarly remove the "Libraries" Preferences by configuring Audacity with <span style="white-space:nowrap"><i>--disable-dynamic-loading</i></span>. Then build Audacity linked to the system LAME (and also to system or locally-compiled <a href="#linff">FFmpeg or libav</a> if required).
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<td align="left" valign="top">In most cases, Audacity will locate the LAME library automatically. The instructions below apply <i>only</i> if the LAME option exists in <a href="libraries_preferences.html" title="Libraries Preferences">Library Preferences</a>, <i>and</i> you have a compatible version of LAME that is NOT installed in a standard location.
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<ol><li>Open Audacity, click <span class="menu">Edit > <a href="preferences.html" title="Preferences">Preferences...</a></span> then "Libraries" in the list on the left.</li>
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<li>In <b>MP3 Export Library</b>, check if a LAME version number displays to right of <b>MP3 Library Version</b>. If so, LAME has already been detected and you should now be able to export MP3 and skip the remainder of these instructions. If the MP3 Library is stated as "not found":
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<ol><li> Click the <span class="button">Locate...</span> button to right of <b>MP3 Library</b> </li>
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<li> In the "Locate Lame" dialog that appears, click "Browse"</li>
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<li> In the "Where is libmp3lame.so.0?" dialog, navigate to the location of the LAME library, select <b>libmp3lame.so.0</b>, click <span class="button">Open</span>, then <span class="button">OK</span> and <span class="button">OK</span> to exit Preferences.</li></ol></li></ol>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Installing_the_FFmpeg_Import.2FExport_Library">Installing the FFmpeg Import/Export Library</span></h2>
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<td align="left" valign="top">If you are using AppImage to install Audacity 3.0.3, there are currently some issues with loading FFMPEG. Please use the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gist.github.com/crsib/d985afddf739f91edb15c1abbaec21e7">workaround provided here</a> - we hope to fix these issues for the next Audacity release.
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<div class="note">The optional <a href="faq_opening_and_saving_files.html#foreign" title="FAQ:Opening and Saving Files">FFmpeg library</a> allows Audacity to import and export a much larger range of audio formats including <i><b><a href="glossary.html#aac" title="Glossary">M4A (AAC)</a></b></i>, AC3 and <i><b><a href="glossary.html#wma" title="Glossary">WMA</a></b></i> and also to import audio from most video files.
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<ul><li> Because of software patents, Audacity cannot include the FFmpeg software or distribute it from its own websites. Instead, use the following instructions to download and install the free and recommended FFmpeg third-party library.</li>
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<li><b>Advanced usage:</b> If you already have Audacity-compatible FFmpeg 2.2.x or 2.3.x shared libraries in the system PATH, Audacity will use those as long as you do not install FFmpeg from the links below and as long as you do not specify the FFmpeg you want Audacity to use in <a href="libraries_preferences.html" title="Libraries Preferences">Libraries Preferences</a>.</div> </li></ul>
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<td align="left" valign="top">Some distributions (including Ubuntu), include FFmpeg by default when Audacity is installed from the official distribution repository. In this case, no additional installation is required,
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Obtaining_FFmpeg">Obtaining FFmpeg</span></h3>
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<p>You may download (or compile) and install a compatible version of the FFmpeg or libav library for your purposes then <a href="#locate">locate</a> it in Libraries Preferences.
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</p><p>If you download a pre-built library, this might be either a "shared" or "static" build. A static build consists of a single libavformat library, whereas a shared build has at least three libraries (libavformat, libavcodec and libavutil). It is recommended to use a shared build, but Audacity will also work with a static build.
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</p><p>To build FFmpeg, obtain the source code from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ffmpeg.mplayerhq.hu/download.html">FFmpeg project</a>. To build libav, obtain the source code from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://libav.org/">libav project</a>. Configure the build with <i>--enable -shared</i> so that it builds the necessary shared object library (.so) files. If required, you can also configure to enable or disable particular encoding/decoding libraries. When you build Audacity from our <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://audacityteam.org/download/source">source code</a>, it should link to the installed FFmpeg headers.
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="FFmpeg_version_support">FFmpeg version support</span></h4>
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<ul><li> <b>On GNU/Linux only, Audacity 2.1.3 and later</b> supports FFmpeg/libav up to <b>avformat/avcodec 57.x.x</b>, which is compatible with current FFmpeg 3.x.x/libav 12 releases. </li>
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<li> <b>Audacity 2.0.6 to 2.1.2</b> (and 2.1.3 and later on Windows and Mac) support only <b>FFmpeg 1.2 to 2.3.x (libav 0.8 to 10)</b>. </li></ul>
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<ul><li> <b>Compiling Audacity against supported FFmpeg/libav:</b> Dynamic loading (as in default Audacity ./configure) enables <a href="libraries_preferences.html" title="Libraries Preferences">Libraries Preferences</a> for manual loading of <a href="#linlame">LAME</a> and FFmpeg/libav but requires building against the FFmpeg project. </li>
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<li> <b>No-longer-supported FFmpeg/libav:</b> Audacity 2.0.6 and later may still build against unsupported FFmpeg/libav (such as FFmpeg 0.8 which is system-installed on Debian Wheezy), but configuring with --disable-dynamic-loading will usually be necessary. This will cause mono WMA files to export with no audio data. </li></ul>
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<ul style="list-style-image: none; list-style-type: none">See the "Compiling" section in the 2.0.6 or later Release Notes for more guidance.</ul>
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<h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Removal_of_Libraries_Preferences">Removal of Libraries Preferences</span></h4>
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<p>Some Linux distributions or versions thereof may package Audacity with MP3 encoding and FFmpeg support already linked dynamically to the relevant system libraries. In these packaged builds there is no need to locate LAME or FFmpeg, so Audacity will have no "Libraries" Preferences.
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</p><p>Users compiling Audacity from source code can similarly remove the "Libraries" Preferences by configuring Audacity with <span style="white-space:nowrap"><i>--disable-dynamic-loading</i></span>. Then build Audacity linked to system LAME and to a system (or locally compiled) version of FFmpeg 1.2 to 3.x.x (libav 0.8 to 12), according to the version of Audacity as described above.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Locating_the_FFmpeg_library_manually">Locating the FFmpeg library manually</span></h3>
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<p>If you installed FFmpeg while Audacity was running, or if you installed FFmpeg to a non-default location, Audacity will ask you to configure Preferences to locate the FFmpeg library. To do this, click <span class="menu">Edit > <a href="preferences.html" title="Preferences">Preferences...</a></span> then "Libraries" in the list on the left:
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<ol><li> Click the <span class="button">Locate...</span> button to right of <b>FFmpeg Library:</b>.</li>
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<li> If a "Success" message indicates Audacity has now automatically detected valid FFmpeg libraries and asks if you want to detect them manually, click <span class="button">No</span>, then <span class="button">OK</span> to close Preferences. </li>
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<li> If the "Locate FFmpeg" dialog appears, click <span class="button">Browse...</span>.</li>
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<li> Navigate to the folder that contains FFmpeg and select the file <b>libavformat.so.55</b> or other appropriate libavformat version.</li>
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<li> Click <span class="button">Open</span> then <span class="button">OK</span> and <span class="button">OK</span> again to close Preferences.</li></ol>
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<p><b>FFmpeg Library Version</b> should now show a set of three version numbers for the sub-libraries of FFmpeg ("F" for libavformat version, "C" for libavcodec version and "U" for libavutil version). If you still see "not found", you may have installed the wrong libraries. Click the <span class="button">Download</span> button to obtain the correct library for your operating system. You can also choose <span class="menu">Help > Diagnostics > <a href="help_menu_diagnostics.html#show_log" title="Help Menu: Diagnostics">Show Log...</a></span> to see diagnostic information about FFmpeg detection.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Reset_Audacity_Settings_on_Linux">Reset Audacity Settings on Linux</span></h2>
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<p>As stated in the introduction on this page, simply re-installing Audacity will not clear and reset your Audacity settings for preferences and plugins.
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<td align="left" valign="top">The easiest way to do this is simply to use <span class="menu">Tools > <a href="reset_configuration.html" title="Reset Configuration">Reset Configuration</a></span>
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="The_location_of_Audacity_settings">The location of Audacity settings</span></h3>
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<p>The data for these are stored in a folder called audacity-data:
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<ol><li>Open the "home" folder (opens "/home/user-name" in the default file browser)</li>
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<li>Use <span class="kbrd" style="background-color: #d0d0f8">Ctrl + H</span> to show hidden folders (works in most common file browsers, or "<b>View menu > Show hidden files</b>")</li>
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<li>There it is: "./audacity-data"</li></ol>
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<p>First you will need to quit Audacity.
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