Incorrect wxWidgets Version
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Audacity 2.x below 2.1.2 requires wxWidgets 2.8.12
You most likely reached this page from an incorrectly built version of Audacity that uses wxWidgets 3.0 or later.
Audacity 2.x below 2.1.2 should be compiled with the previous stable release of wxWidgets (2.8.12) which is still available on http://wxwidgets.org/downloads/. Ubuntu and Linux Mint users who do not want to compile Audacity are recommended to try installing an unofficial PPA build of Audacity 2.1.0 or 2.1.1 release compiled against wx2.8.12.
The developers have been fixing Audacity bugs when using wx3, so that the next 2.1.2 release of Audacity will support and require wx3.0.2 rather than wx2.8.12. For those using Audacity HEAD compiled against wx 3.x, please see below for the remaining wx3 problems that we know about (for all platforms).
ID | P | Status | Summary (22 tasks) ⇒ |
---|---|---|---|
1206 | P2 | RESOLVED | Toolbar height too small when not docked |
139 | P3 | CLOSED | Summary: Mac Accessibility Issues |
1166 | P3 | CLOSED | libmp3lame.dylib file unselectable by default. |
1247 | P3 | NEW | Linux: TAB does not stay in its own tooldock/moving to and from tracks does not access upper tooldock |
1193 | P3 | RESOLVED | Timeline text too large/lower tooldock text far too small. |
1119 | P3 | RESOLVED | Mac: Window menu's list of open windows not available |
885 | P4 | CLOSED | Linux: WX3: Renaming track in Track dropdown menu operates Transport shortcuts |
774 | P4 | CLOSED | Windows: WX3: Meters flash on and off when Meter Preferences are open. |
904 | P4 | CLOSED | WX3: No splashscreen if using wx3 |
908 | P4 | NEW | Linux: ASSERT playing audio after adding a label |
1063 | P4 | NEW | Linux: Effects are not modal in other projects |
907 | P4 | NEW | Linux: WX3: Automatic Crash Recovery interface issues |
910 | P4 | NEW | Linux: WX3: Segfault manually locating FFmpeg |
640 | P4 | RESOLVED | WX3: Label Tracks: Cannot UP/DOWN out of multiple label tracks. Cannot UP/DOWN out of single label track unless there is a closed label. |
1201 | P4 | RESOLVED | Mac OS X: Toolbar handle tooltips only visible on mouse down |
776 | P4 | RESOLVED | Track Dropdown Menu does not open with SHIFT + M shortcut. |
1100 | P4 | RESOLVED | Export options not shown when export dialog first opened |
1153 | P4 | RESOLVED | In dialogs for select audio host, etc, ok and cancel buttons can be squashed and unreadable |
1202 | P4 | RESOLVED | Mac OS X: Unwanted slider interactions with focus and Device Toolbar. |
1099 | P4 | RESOLVED | Window size not restored on launch |
778 | P4 | RESOLVED | Summary: Windows: NVDA Accessibility Issues (in wx3) |
1222 | P4 | RESOLVED | Scrollbar areas flicker when recording or scroll-scrubbing. |
Correct as at 24 Oct 2015.
See https://bugzilla.audacityteam.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=wx3&resolution=--- for the latest position.
2.1.0 and 2.1.1 stable release PPA's built against wx2.8.12
For users of Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04 and 15.10, also Linux Mint 13 and 17 there is a recommendable PPA of Audacity 2.1.0 or later releases built against wx2.8.12: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+archive/ubuntu/audacity. FFmpeg support is included and is known to work in Ubuntu 15.04, but does not export correctly in Ubuntu 14.10.
Uninstall the packaged version of Audacity before installing the PPA.