Doesn't launch in Ubuntu 18.04

[David Spoelstra]

Clean Ubuntu 18.04. ProjectM installed with Software Center. It won't launch when you click on it.

I found two bugs and here's how you fix them:

1. Error: lib-canberra-gtk not installed. Run this command to install lib-canberra-gtk and fix the error:
sudo apt install libcanberra-gtk*

2. Error: In the projectM configuration file. It's looking for two paths which no longer exist:
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf

To fix, edit ~/.projectM/config.inp and change those two paths to:
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSansMono.ttf

Now it launches and runs when you click on the projectM icon.

[dino99 (9d9)]

What's going on:

https://lwn.net/Articles/750152/
https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm/releases

[David Spoelstra (davids-mediamachine)]

I'm letting you know that the version in the Ubuntu Software Center (2.1.0+dfsg-4build1) and on this Launchpad page (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/projectm) don't work with Ubuntu 18.04.

I didn't even know about the other releases in your URL because I usually check Launchpad for the latest version if a package in Software Center doesn't work.

Thanks!

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Thanks for taking your time to report this issue and help making Ubuntu better.

Looks like the part with font paths might be the same as discussed in this Debian https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=833489

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Tom Shields (tms54)]

Thanks. lib-canberra-gtk and edit font paths worked for me.