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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
Had old Audacity 2 installed, uninstalled it. Downloaded the updated file from Audacity, installed it, it ran fine. (v3.1) Closed it. Now no entry in menu/start thing for Audacity anymore, and I can't find the program to run it or add it to the menu/desktop. Can any Linux gurus help? Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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panky Guru  Joined: 02/10/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1114 |
G, With respect, you may be better posting on the Mint forum for Mint/Linux problems that don't have any direct relationship to Microcontrollers. I have found folks there both helpfull and responsive, Regards, Doug. ... almost all of the Maximites, the MicromMites, the MM Extremes, the ArmMites, the PicoMite and loving it! |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
Fair enough. Good point. So used to just going to THIS forum!  Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| JohnS Guru Joined: 18/11/2011 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4044 |
If you can look in the downloaded file you should hope to see some file names you could search on or try (in a terminal) such as find / -iname '*audacity*' It may print a lot of paths LOL but hopefully including what you want. (I think your experience is due to DIY install.) John |
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| FeK9 Newbie  Joined: 04/12/2021 Location: South AfricaPosts: 16 |
Not sure if you found a solution ...? Your first post you did not mention if it was on your XP VM, or natively on Mint...? Audacity did release a linux version in AppImage format, it's a little like VMware VMBox Docker Wine etc... My Mint duel boot Mini-Pc is at the office, here at home I use ageing 1st gen i3 laptop from 2011, with a lighter version Debian called MXlinux similar to Linux Mint. My MXlinux audio interface gives me a little grief some times, can not test Audacity properly... :( It can be...  To Admin, some latitude  |
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LeoNicolas Guru Joined: 07/10/2020 Location: CanadaPosts: 504 |
Usually the menu entries are stored in .desktop files on .local/share/applications in your home folder or at /usr/share/applications You also can click with the right button on the app menu button and edit the menu. From there you can access the menu editor and create menu entries using a graphic interface. |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9610 |
I'll finish up on this thread, as I started it and have replies, but I note panky's comment, and he's correct. I will start posting the Mint questions on the Mint forums moving forward. I found that I can make version 3.1 run, if I REINSTALL the older 2.4 via the Software Manager, and then copy the Audacity Appimage to the desktop and run that. Perhaps not ideal, but it works. I would love to know how to change the ICON from the cog to(ideally) the Audacity one. I know you can use emblems, but they are not icons, so a change icon method would be handy to know at this point. EDIT: Oh, BTW, this is Audacity in Mint, not in the VM. Edited 2021-12-11 14:02 by Grogster Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 5089 |
Hi Grogster, If you want to do this manually, the way to replace the cog with a nice icon is as follows: First of all, locate the icon you want to use. Note it's location and name (or place it in a location where you can find it (i.e. ~/graeme/icons) Open a terminal screen Become root (sudo su) Change to /usr/share/applications Check this folder for a file called "audacity.desktop" (or "Audacity.desktop). Edit this file (note, you have to be root to do this). i.e. nano audacity.desktop There is a line in this file that starts with "Icon....." In this line type (or copy) the exact location of your new icon. This desktop file originated from 2.4, and may have a link in this location to the old icon. And that may have been removed when you copied 3.1 over it. Save the .desktop file Close the terminal If you go to the menu, you will see that audacity has used the new icon. If you also have a icon at the desktop itself, you may have to remove that one and make a new copy from the menu (or reboot the system). Regards, Volhout Edited 2021-12-12 21:46 by Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
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