[Solved] Audacity...need, or already have, LAME in Mint?

[b_hayles]

I'm a new convert from the Dark Side (Windows, not Mac) and was pleasantly surprised to see Audacity is packaged with Mint Cinnamon 18.3. I've been a happy Audacity user for years.

Question: In Windows after installing Audacity I had to install a utility called LAME for Audacity to work right. Is that required in Audacity for Linux Mint as well, and is it bundled in the Audacity that came with Mint, or do I have to go get it and install it?

Thanks,
Bob

[Flemur]

Question: In Windows after installing Audacity I had to install a utility called LAME for Audacity to work right. Is that required in Audacity for Linux Mint as well, and is it bundled in the Audacity that came with Mint, or do I have to go get it and install it?

It should already have all the required parts, though there may be some (strange?) formats which require a extra package(s).

With audacity installed, in synaptic, rt-click on audacity -> Properties -> Dependencies (tab) should list the packages it needs (e.g. libmp3lame0, libflac, and a bunch more)

Edit: better method:

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apt-cache depends audacity

[b_hayles]

OK...Here is where being a newbie REALLY shows up.

First, what and where is synaptic?

Second, when I go to terminal and enter the code snippet you suggested, here is what I get. Now what?

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b_hayles@b ~ $ apt-cache depends audacity
audacity
  Depends: audacity-data
  Depends: libasound2
 |Depends: libavcodec-ffmpeg56
  Depends: libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56
  Depends: libavformat-ffmpeg56
  Depends: libavutil-ffmpeg54
  Depends: libc6
  Depends: libexpat1
  Depends: libflac++6v5
  Depends: libflac8
  Depends: libgcc1
  Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
  Depends: libglib2.0-0
  Depends: libgtk2.0-0
  Depends: libid3tag0
  Depends: liblilv-0-0
  Depends: libmad0
  Depends: libmp3lame0
  Depends: libogg0
  Depends: libportaudio2
  Depends: libportsmf0v5
  Depends: libsbsms10
  Depends: libsndfile1
  Depends: libsoundtouch1
  Depends: libsoxr0
  Depends: libstdc++6
  Depends: libsuil-0-0
  Depends: libtwolame0
  Depends: libvamp-hostsdk3v5
  Depends: libvorbis0a
  Depends: libvorbisenc2
  Depends: libvorbisfile3
  Depends: libwxbase3.0-0v5
  Depends: libwxgtk3.0-0v5
  Suggests: <ladspa-plugin>
    amb-plugins
    blepvco
    bs2b-ladspa
    csladspa
    rev-plugins
    vco-plugins
    ambdec
    autotalent
    blop
    caps
    cmt
    fil-plugins
    invada-studio-plugins-ladspa
    ladspa-sdk
    mcp-plugins
    omins
    ste-plugins
    swh-plugins
    tap-plugins
    wah-plugins
b_hayles@b ~ $ 

[Flemur]

First, what and where is synaptic?

Ity might be called "Package Manager" or something similar in your menus, or

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gksudo synaptic

Second, when I go to terminal and enter the code snippet you suggested, here is what I get. Now what?

Run audacity - it's probably already installed - from the menu or, in a terminal:

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audacity

[b_hayles]

Seems to run OK...I haven't tried anything fancy or done any output yet, but so far so good. I'll wait to make this solved until I play with it a bit.

[smurphos]

You'll probably have the lame library pre-installed - it's a dependency of audacity.

To double check dpkg -l | grep lame - the dpkg - l command is a list of all installed packages, grep lame limits the output to packages with 'lame' in the name.

The output should include - libmp3lame0:amd64

apt show libmp3lame0 for a description of the package.

In audacity it is used for exporting to mp3 so if that's working I think your query is solved.

[Sir Charles]

The packagelamewith the following description:

LAME (recursive acronym for "LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder") is a research
project for learning about and improving MP3 encoding technology.
LAME includes an MP3 encoding library, a simple frontend application,
and other tools for sound analysis, as well as convenience tools.

is not a dependency of Audacity. One can find out which packages havelame as dependency (or as suggested to install) by runningapt-cache rdepends lame which yields:

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 ~$ apt-cache rdepends lame
lame
Reverse Depends:
  ogmrip
  kubuntu-restricted-extras
  h264enc
  dvd-slideshow
  xcfa
 |ripit
  pulseaudio-dlna
  pacpl
  mkchromecast
  nautilus-script-audio-convert
  multimedia-djing
 |abcde
  mhwaveedit
  kio-audiocd
  kino
  jack
  guitarix
  gtkpod
  gnupod-tools
  fadecut
  ecasound
  asunder
  anki

[smurphos]

The packagelamewith the following description:

LAME (recursive acronym for "LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder") is a research
project for learning about and improving MP3 encoding technology.
LAME includes an MP3 encoding library, a simple frontend application,
and other tools for sound analysis, as well as convenience tools.

is not a dependency of Audacity.

Correct, but lame is just a frontend that gives the CLI command lame for doing conversions to mp3 from the terminal.

lame is also dependent on libmp3lame0 which is the mp3 encoding library that audacity is also dependent on and uses to export to mp3.

[Sir Charles]

Thanks for the explanation, smurphos.
Runningapt-cache rdepends libmp3lame0 produce the list of the dependants oflibmp3lame0withaudacityandlame(among some others) as you have mentioned.

[lsemmens]

In audacity it is used for exporting to mp3 so if that's working I think your query is solved.

Smurphos has spelt it out here. If you can export to mp3, nothing to worry about!

[Hoser Rob]

Have you installed the codecs package? It's not included in the Mint 18.x isos any more. Go into synaptic package manager, hit the search button. Then search for mint-meta-codecs. If it doesn't show as installed, install it.