Then either upgrade from an old release (if exist) via Software Updater, or run following commands one by one to check updates and install (or upgrade) audacity 3.0.2: sudo apt update Type user password (no asterisk feedback due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter to continue.Ģ. When terminal opens, run following commands one by one:ġ.) Run command in terminal to add the Ubuntu PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/audacity Open terminal either from system application menu or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. However, it works once app window opens! Install Audacity 3.0.2 via PPA: It takes a few seconds to start due to AlSA issues and warning. Just click on “ continue” button, and the software should start.Īnother issue is that the app window slow to open. src/widgets/FileConfig.cpp(98): assert “mDirty = false” failed in ~FileConfig().

When starting Audacity in Ubuntu 21.04 or Linux Mint 20, it will popup “ An assertion failed” dialog, which indicates:

There are however known issues in the PPA build. So the audio editor packages updated for Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 21.04, and Linux Mint 20.

Thanks to Pascal de Bruijn, I’ve successfully built wxWidgets 3.1.3 for Audacity. However, Ubuntu provides only the stable v3.0 series packages. Since Audacity 3.0, it requires the development branch of wxWidgets toolkit 3.1.x. For those prefer the classic deb package, the Ubuntu PPA has updated for the latest Audacity 3.0.2. Audacity audio editor and recorder is easy to install in Ubuntu Software via Snap package.

Audacity installer