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 .
What's happening?
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 .
What's happening?
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?
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.
Audacity is not a favorite. The strangest thing is that when I attempt to start audacity-2.4 from dolphin , "Other Applications" shows audacity-2.4 as a possible choice, but when I click on it audacity (not audacity-2.4) starts.
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?
On 21/07/2021 16:16, Ed Greshko wrote:
Let me ask a simple question using my fully updated F30
^ F34
I really, really hate being under the weather. I use my BSpace more than ever and I still can't get it right. Sorry.
Do you have the PATH statment with ~/bin first in the list? Please do "echo $PATH"
Regards Leslie Leslie Satenstein Montréal Québec, Canada
On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 4:24:33 a.m. EDT, Ed Greshko ed.greshko@greshko.com wrote:
On 21/07/2021 16:16, Ed Greshko wrote:
Let me ask a simple question using my fully updated F30
^ F34
I really, really hate being under the weather. I use my BSpace more than ever and I still can't get it right. Sorry.
On Wed, 2021-07-21 at 16:16 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
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?
The problem appears to be the ".4" in audacity-2.4 . I guess that KDE thinks it is a type extension like ".txt". Is this a bug or a feature? In any case, my problem is solved; just call the program audacity-2, not audacity-2.4 .
An example: $ type audacity audacity-2.4 audacity is /usr/bin/audacity audacity-2.4 is /home/jonrysh/bin/audacity-2.4 < audacity cannot be started from the "Start" button. $ mv bin/audacity-2.4 bin/audacity-2 $ type audacity audacity-2 audacity is /usr/bin/audacity audacity-2 is /home/jonrysh/bin/audacity-2 <audacity can be started from the start button>
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