Looking for Audacity 1.3.4 beta

[Bongo5HH]

Audacity 1.3.4 has been released as a beta and I can't find a .deb file

If anyone knows where I could get it, or if someone knows of a guide that will show me how to create a .deb (a good one) written for someone who's never done anything remotely like creating a deb file... .that would be great.

Thanks,
Kev

[dibl]

Re: Looking for Audacity 1.3.4 beta

Kev, if you can find an .rpm file, you can use alien to convert it to a .deb. alien is in your Kubuntu repositories -- install it with Adept. I used it once, and vaguely recall that there's some instruction somewhere -- maybe you have to "man alien" after you install it.

[SheeEttin]

Re: Looking for Audacity 1.3.4 beta

You can get the source here.
The #kubuntu IRC channel on Freenode recently held a tutorial day, one tutorial being how to package a deb, the log of which can be found here. (There are also many other tutorials, try Google.)

[Bongo5HH]

Re: Looking for Audacity 1.3.4 beta

Couldn't find a RPM either. Which is strange since Audacity is "commonly" held to be the most popular multitrack recorder for Linux...


I grabbed the source last night but haven't had time to do anything with it. I'll check the log to see about building a .deb this weekend.

Thanks!
Kev

[Bongo5HH]

Re: Looking for Audacity 1.3.4 beta

The link to the source on their website is pooched... I'll check back later.

Kev

[Bongo5HH]

Re: Looking for Audacity 1.3.4 beta

Well I managed to get it to make and run but there were some errors. And I can not get a .deb to appear no matter what I do. lol....

Kev

[dibl]

Re: Looking for Audacity 1.3.4 beta

Did 1.3.3 ever get released? Or did they just go from 1.3.3 Beta to 1.3.4 Beta? My 1.3.3 still says "Beta".

[Rog131]

Re: Looking for Audacity 1.3.4 beta

About .deb's

There is:
Debian packages
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages

Search package directories
Keyword: audacity / Distribution: Any

=>
sid (unstable)

=>
Package: audacity (1.3.4-1 and others)
http://packages.debian.org/sid/audacity

It may (or may not work) with Kubuntu Gutsy.


Ubuntu packages
http://packages.ubuntu.com/

Hardy has: audacity (1.3.3-1ubuntu1)

[SheeEttin]

Re: Looking for Audacity 1.3.4 beta

Well I managed to get it to make and run but there were some errors. And I can not get a .deb to appear no matter what I do. lol....

Kev

Tried the readme?
Things like that usually go

./configure
make
sudo make install

...or something like that.

[disturbedite]

Re: Looking for Audacity 1.3.4 beta

i filed a bug for everyone. (sync with debian).

you can follow it here if you like:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ty/+bug/178357

[Bongo5HH]

Re: Looking for Audacity 1.3.4 beta

Did 1.3.3 ever get released? Or did they just go from 1.3.3 Beta to 1.3.4 Beta? My 1.3.3 still says "Beta".

Nope their stable is still 1.2.something I don't know how their release schemes work... doesn't make sense to me right off the bat.. but it's not like it has too.

1.3.3 seemed nearly stable enough for a release to me... but maybe I'm not taxing it as much as other people are

Kev

[Bongo5HH]

Re: Looking for Audacity 1.3.4 beta

Well I managed to get it to make and run but there were some errors. And I can not get a .deb to appear no matter what I do. lol....

Kev

Tried the readme?
Things like that usually go

./configure
make
sudo make install

...or something like that.

Yuppers did all that. It ends up generating a LOT of text and then produces a folder that I can run 1.3.4 from but no deb.

Kev

[SheeEttin]

Re: Looking for Audacity 1.3.4 beta

Well, building from source isn't going to create a deb for you.
There are a few different ways to do it.
Recently, the #kubuntu IRC channel held a tutorial day, including packaging debs... You can read the log here.
Or, if Rog131 would like to jump in with some of his links...

[Rog131]

Re: Looking for Audacity 1.3.4 beta

Links - hmm:


Source:
Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
=>
audacity-src-1.3.4.tar.bz2 (4.1M)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/beta_source

There is also: How to Build Audacity

From Audacity README.txt:

Audacity Compilation instructions:

First you must download wxWidgets 2.6.x from:

http://www.wxWidgets.org/

To compile on Linux, Mac OS X, and other Unix systems,
simply execute these commands:

./configure
make
make install # as root

wxWidgets
http://www.wxwidgets.org/

wxWiki
http://www.wxwidgets.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

wxWidgets is in the repos.


Easier (to get all packages):
TUT: Compile Audacity 1.3.2 Beta with Feisty
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=419358
=>

• libwxbase2.6-dev
• libwxgtk2.6-dev
• wx2.6-headers
• libsndfile1-dev
• libmad0-dev
• libvorbis-dev
• libogg-dev
• libflac-dev
• libflac++-dev
• libid3tag0-dev
• zlib1g-dev
• libtwolame0
• libtwolame-dev
• libgtk-dev
• libwxgtk-dev
• twolame
• libasound2-dev
• libjack0.100.0-dev
• portaudio19-dev
• libgtk2.0-dev

+ build-essential package
FAQ: Installing from source
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3085626.0

Hmm - there aren't packages libgtk-dev and libwxgtk-dev in the repositories?
Typo ? Trying to compile =>

Debian New Maintainers' Guide
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/ma.../index.en.html
=>

A Examples
* A.1 Simple packaging example

Unpacking audacity-src-1.3.4.tar.bz2 to /media/sda2/path/audacity-src-1.3.4-beta/. Source is in /media/sda2/path/from/

In the /media/sda2/path/audacity-src-1.3.4-beta/:

dh_make -e [email]name@domain.dom[/email] -f /media/sda2/path/from/audacity-src-1.3.4.tar.bz2

Type of package: single binary, multiple binary, library, kernel module or cdbs?
[s/m/l/k/b] s

Maintainer name : Rog131
Email-Address : name@domain.dom
Date : Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:31:11 +0200
Package Name : audacity-src
Version : 1.3.4-beta
License : blank
Type of Package : Single
Hit <enter> to confirm:
Done. Please edit the files in the debian/ subdirectory now. audacity-src
uses a configure script, so you probably don't have to edit the Makefiles.

debuild

=> audacity-src_1.3.4-beta-1_i386.deb (1.7M)

=> I can install it, starts...
.deb is here http://www.badongo.com/file/7025523


BETA Warning

Audacity 1.3 is a beta version of Audacity. Users who want a completely stable, finished program should be using Audacity 1.2. Audacity 1.3 has hundreds of new features, but some features may be incomplete or confusing, it is more likely to crash, and you are more likely to lose data. You can install both Audacity 1.2 and 1.3 on the same machine, if you install them to different directories.

Audacity 1.3 is available in many languages, but most translations are incomplete. Words and phrases which have not been translated yet will appear in English.