Re: Unable to load Audacity after upgrading to Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit

OK, so you are saying you have never managed to launch Audacity on this 
new installation of Ubuntu.

When you launch Audacity do you see no error message and no Audacity 
splash screen in the centre of the monitor? The first thing Audacity does
when it launches is look for audio devices. The fact that it has not even
started to write audacity.cfg could suggest a problem with your audio 
devices. You could try some of the commands here:
http://www.linuxnix.com/find-sound-card-details-in-linuxunix/  

to see if you get sensible output. 

If you have external sound cards connected which might not support 
Linux, you could try disconnecting them to see if that makes any
difference.   

Also how are you launching Audacity? Open a terminal which should
then be in your home directory and just type 

  audacity 

which should try to launch the installed version as you without extra
privileges. What output appears in the terminal? 


Gale 



stevepar wrote
> Thanks for your reply....  The version of audacity I have installed is
> 2.1.2-1  I installed it from Ubuntu Software centre.
> 
> There's something very curious, however.  There is no ~/.audacity-data/
> directory.  In /var/tmp/ there's no audacity directory either.  
> 
> This was a clean install because an upgrade was unsuccessful.  Even a
> clean install hasn't been a great experience, although better than the
> upgrade.  
> 
> I've just cleaned out Audacity and reinstalled in after doing apt-get
> autoremove apt-get purge apt-get update etc etc....   Still makes no
> difference.  Still no ~/.audacity-data/ directory.  Also, still the same
> version.
> 
> Audacity still doesn't launch either.
> 
> Any other thoughts?


Gale wrote
> What version of Audacity are you using (all three numbers) and where did 
> you get it from? 
> 
> Did you do a fresh install of Ubuntu 16.04 on a fresh partition or upgrade
> it in place? 
> 
> Look in the folder ~/.audacity-data/ for the audacity.cfg file. In that
> file,
> check where your Audacity temp folder is. By default the temp folder is in 
> /var/tmp/audacity-
> <your username>
> .
> 
> In the temp folder, delete any audacity-lock-
> <your username>
>  file. 
> 
> If that does not help, delete the entire ~/.audacity-data/  folder.
> 
> 
> Gale


stevepar wrote
> Hi,
> 
> I've been using Audacity for years on Ubuntu without any issues
> whatsoever.  Ever since I upgraded to 16.04 and installed Audacity,
> whenever I attempt to open the application nothing happens.  The icon
> flashes a few times and then nothing.  Nothing at all.
> 
> Any suggestions of how to troubleshoot and resolve this issue gratefully
> received.





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