On 21/07/2021 13:38, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
On Wed, 2021-07-21 at 12:36 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 21/07/2021 10:19, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>> I have build an old version of audacity (audacity-2.4) from source and placed the
executable in ~/bin. When I start audacity from the command line (say):
>> $ audacity-2.4 98.03.14-a.aup
>> everything runs as it should. But when attempt to start audacity-2.4 from
dolphin clicking
>> dolphin->98.03.14-a.aup->rt-click/Open With->Other
Application->audacity-2.4
>> the program started is audacity not audacity-2.4 . Similarly it's not
possible to start audacity-2.4 from the Start Button on the Panel.
>>
>> I don't have the problem with xv, which I also build from source and placed
in ~/bin .
>
> Did you edit the audacity menu item in the KDE Menu (Lower Left) to point to your
version? And, if you had a favorite item defined previously for audacity, did you delete
that as well?
I would think that audacity and audacity*-2.4 *are different programs, despite the
similarity of their names. However if I rename audacity-2.4 as fred ($ mv audacity-2.4
fred) things work properly.
Let me ask a simple question using my fully updated F30 system as and exmple.
If I type,
[egreshko@meimei ~]$ dnf info audacity
I get....
Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:07 ago on Wed Jul 21 16:11:39 2021.
Installed Packages
Name : audacity
Version : 3.0.2
Release : 3.fc34
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 43 M
Source : audacity-3.0.2-3.fc34.src.rpm
Repository : @System
From repo : updates
Summary : Multitrack audio editor
URL :
https://www.audacityteam.org/
License : GPLv2
Description : Audacity is a cross-platform multitrack audio editor. It allows you
: to record sounds directly or to import files in various formats. It
: features a few simple effects, all of the editing features you
: should need, and unlimited undo. The GUI was built with wxWidgets
: and the audio I/O supports PulseAudio, OSS and ALSA under Linux.
But, if I type,
dnf info audacity-3
What do you think well happen?
[egreshko@meimei ~]$ dnf info audacity-3
Last metadata expiration check: 0:03:28 ago on Wed Jul 21 16:11:39 2021.
Error: No matching Packages to list
Can you imagine why that would be?
Is the -3 part of the program's name? Or part of the version?
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