How to install audacity on centos 8
by Shaggy1 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5CKV3)
System info:
Code:$ cat /etc/centos-release
CentOS Linux release 8.3.2011
$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 19 17:20:08 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux--------------------------
Hi
I tried to install audacity by following the instructions on this link:
https://www.how2shout.com/how-to/how...n_on_CentOS_87
which tells you to install snap, then use that to install audacity.
All seemed to go well, but when I try to run audacity I get the following error:
Code:$ audacity
Warning: GTK2 does not support Wayland!
Trying to route ALSA through PulseAudio...
Gtk-Message: 15:01:34.948: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"The first time I did it a warning dialog with an exclamation mark in a triangle comes up with a message, which I did not manage to capture (after the first time it did not repeat), and an option to 'Wait' or 'Cancel'.
When I waited long enough the audacity window came up after a while with further errors spat out at the command line:
Code:$ audacity
Warning: GTK2 does not support Wayland!
Trying to route ALSA through PulseAudio...
Gtk-Message: 15:05:38.709: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:1
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
ALSA lib seq.c:935:(snd_seq_open_noupdate) Unknown SEQ default
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
Expression 'stream->capture.pcm' failed in '/build/audacity/parts/audacity/src/lib-src/portaudio-v19/src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4611
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0Can anyone tell me if this is the correct way to install audacity on centos 8 ?
Does anyone know what these errors mean ? It looks like I have some dependencies missing (though the audacity app still comes up - I have not tried to use it yet).


Code:$ cat /etc/centos-release
CentOS Linux release 8.3.2011
$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 4.18.0-240.1.1.el8_3.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 19 17:20:08 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux--------------------------
Hi
I tried to install audacity by following the instructions on this link:
https://www.how2shout.com/how-to/how...n_on_CentOS_87
which tells you to install snap, then use that to install audacity.
All seemed to go well, but when I try to run audacity I get the following error:
Code:$ audacity
Warning: GTK2 does not support Wayland!
Trying to route ALSA through PulseAudio...
Gtk-Message: 15:01:34.948: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"The first time I did it a warning dialog with an exclamation mark in a triangle comes up with a message, which I did not manage to capture (after the first time it did not repeat), and an option to 'Wait' or 'Cancel'.
When I waited long enough the audacity window came up after a while with further errors spat out at the command line:
Code:$ audacity
Warning: GTK2 does not support Wayland!
Trying to route ALSA through PulseAudio...
Gtk-Message: 15:05:38.709: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:1
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
JackShmReadWritePtr::~JackShmReadWritePtr - Init not done for -1, skipping unlock
ALSA lib seq.c:935:(snd_seq_open_noupdate) Unknown SEQ default
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
Expression 'stream->capture.pcm' failed in '/build/audacity/parts/audacity/src/lib-src/portaudio-v19/src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 4611
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0
ALSA lib control.c:1373:(snd_ctl_open_noupdate) Invalid CTL hw:0Can anyone tell me if this is the correct way to install audacity on centos 8 ?
Does anyone know what these errors mean ? It looks like I have some dependencies missing (though the audacity app still comes up - I have not tried to use it yet).