How To Install Audacity 3.7.1 On Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Linux Mint And Derivative Systems

As you may know, Audacity is a free and open-source audio editor, allowing the users to record, edit and enhance audio files.

Main features:

• Cross-Platform: Audacity can be installed foe free on all the major desktop platforms, including Linux, Windows and Mac OS X.
• High-Quality Audio Recording: Audacity enables users to record audio via microphones, external devices or even computer playback, supporting both stereo and mono recordings, at various sample rates
• Powerful Editing Tools: Audacity supports cutting, copying, pasting, deleting audio segments, multi-track editing for complex projects and also has envelope tools for smooth volume adjustments
• Wide Format Support: It supports various audio file formats, including WAV, MP3, FLAC, AIFF and Ogg Vorbis but also handles more specialized formats via its integratyed FFmpeg library
• Real-Time Effects: Users can also apply various built-in effects, like equalization, noise reduction, reverb, and compression
• Plug-ins: Third-party plug-ins, including VST, LADSPA, and Nyquist, are supported and extend the software’s functionality.
• Spectrogram and Analysis Tools: The spectrogram and frequency analysis tools available enable the users to visualize audio frequencies and make precise adjustments, which is useful for cleaning up audio tracks or mastering projects.
• Batch Processing: It allows automating repetitive tasks like applying effects or converting file formats using batch processing, which saves a lot of time during large projects.
• Open-Source and Community-Driven: Audacity benefits from a vibrant community of developers and contributors who continuously update and enhance the software. This ensures stability, transparency, and ongoing innovation.

Why Choose Audacity on Ubuntu?

Audacity integrates seamlessly with Ubuntu, leveraging the operating system’s robust performance and flexibility. Its installation is straightforward, and being open-source aligns perfectly with Ubuntu’s ethos of free and accessible software.

Whether you’re editing a podcast, mastering a music track, or simply cleaning up audio files, Audacity provides all the tools needed to achieve professional results. Its combination of power, flexibility, and ease of use makes it an essential tool for anyone working with audio on Ubuntu.

The latest version available:

The latest version available is Audacity 3.7.1, which comes with the below enhancements:

• #6233 #7397 #6900 Improved Linux compatibility.
• 6702 Improved contrast in the light theme.
• 7008 MP3 exports: Renamed “Insane” to “Excessive”.
• 7570 #7452 Improved non-standard character handling for cloud saving.
• 7486 Renamed “Split cut/delete” to “Cut/delete and leave gap”.
• 7293 Pasting clips no longer moves clips on other tracks if “editing clips can move other clips” is enabled.
• 7312 #7382 Fixed database compacting not working properly sometimes.
• 6851 Improved startup speed on systems with many audio devices.
• 7186 Multi view: Fixed the hitbox of the x being misaligned with the visuals. (Thanks, Kurtsley)
• 7571 Adding, removing, replacing and reordering of effects now is undoable.
• 7573 Closing a project upon turning a realtime effect stack on and off doesn’t crash Audacity anymore.
• 7610 Canceling a stereo track mid-operation no longer crashes Audacity.
• 7385 Importing Opus files using libopus no longer shifts the audio data.
• Changed the login flow for cloud uploads.

More information regarding this release are available in the changelogs.

How to install Audacity 3.7.1 on Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Linux Mint, Elementary OS and derivative systems:

As it is available via PPA, Audacious 3.7.1 can be easily installed on Ubuntu and other Ubuntu-based systems that support PPAs. All you need to do is add the PPA to your system, update the repository index and install the audacious package. Like this:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/audacity
sudo apt update
sudo apt install audacity

Optional, to remove audacious, do:

sudo apt remove audacious
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/audacity

This is everything, enjoy!

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