[clue-tech] if it's not too far out of scope... audacity

[Bob Meetin]

Well thar ya go.  Still fairly new to Ubuntu, so I occasionally miss 
these things.  It is now "installed" via Synaptic.  This is sooo sweet.  
Way too easy to be legal.

Nate Duehr wrote:
> Bob Meetin wrote:
>> for installfest,  I downloaded audacity software source code for 
>> Linux.  I could use some help in getting it installed.
>
> Just curious Bob -- I won't be at Installfest, but what Linux 
> distribution are you using?  Most have Audacity available as a 
> pre-made binary package, no need to build it from source code.
>
> All you have to do is type the correct commands for the package 
> manager (or click on the graphical interface for the package manager, 
> if your distro has such things... I'm not very "graphical", so someone 
> else would have to help with that one), and the package will install 
> and be available in the menus, etc... if the package maintainer did 
> their job correctly.
>
> Since package types and package managers aren't standardized other 
> than in a broad sense (RedHat "based" distros use RPM/yum typically, 
> Debian-based distros use dpkg/apt/aptitude generally)... we would need 
> to know what distro you are running to help you with the specific 
> commands to install the ready-made Audacity package for that 
> particular operating system environment.
>
> As far as Audacity goes, it's good stuff.  I use it regularly on 
> Windows and Mac, and also on Linux when I bother to boot the Linux 
> desktop.
>
> Nate
>
>


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