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Audacity 2.4.2 Released – Install Audacity Audio Editor on Ubuntu Linux

By Sourabh /  Category: How To, Ubuntu

Audacity 2.4.2 has been released. Here is how to install Audacity Audio Editor on Ubuntu Linux Systems. Audacity 2.4.2 which replaces all previous versions for Windows, macOS and Linux.

The main change since 2.4.1 is that we have upgraded the wxWidgets library that Audacity uses from 3.1.1 (with patches by us) to 3.1.3 (with patches by us). We wanted to do this as a release in its own right, before we start on a longer and more complex release.

If you’re using Audacity 2.4.2 on Linux, do use the right wxWidgets library. We’ve in the past had a lot of reports of problems on Linux that turned out in the end to be because some distributions were using system wxWidgets (3.0.0) with Audacity.

Audacity – General Features

  1. Recording – Audacity can record live audio through a microphone or mixer, or digitize recordings from other media.
  2. Export / Import – Import, edit, and combine sound files. Export your recordings in many different file formats, including multiple files at once.
  3. Sound Quality – Supports 16-bit, 24-bit and 32-bit. Sample rates and formats are converted using high-quality resampling and dithering.
  4. Plug-ins – Support for LADSPA, LV2, Nyquist, VST and Audio Unit effect plug-ins. Effects can be easily modified in a text editor – or you can even write your own plug-in.
  5. Editing – Easy editing with Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete. Also unlimited sequential Undo (and Redo) in the session to go back any number of steps.
  6. Effects – Real-time preview of LADSPA, LV2, VST and Audio Unit (macOS) effects. Plug-in Manager handles plug-in installation and addition/removal of effects and generators from the menus.
  7. Accessibility – Tracks and selections can be fully manipulated using the keyboard. Large range of keyboard shortcuts.
  8. Analysis – Spectrogram view mode for visualizing and selecting frequencies. Plot Spectrum window for detailed frequency analysis. Support for Vamp analysis plug-ins.

Install Audacity 2.4.2

Run the following commands in terminal to install Audacity 2.4.2 in Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/audacity
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install audacity

Ubuntu users can also install Audacity via Flatpak:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt install flatpak
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub org.audacityteam.Audacity