Audacity cannot start

[jack980517]

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and installed Audacity with "sudo apt-get install audacity". When I starts it from the dash, it shows the splash and wouldn't load further or display the window. Running it from the terminal produces the following output:
jack980517@Love-Alice:~$ audacity

(process:3816): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised

(process:3816): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::show-crash-dialog after class was initialised

(process:3816): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::display after class was initialised

(process:3816): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::default-icon after class was initialised
ALSA lib pcm_dsnoop.c:618:(snd_pcm_dsnoop_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1022:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2239:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: 拒绝连接 (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: 拒绝连接 (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: 拒绝连接 (111)
bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: 拒绝连接 (111)
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1022:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Cannot connect to server socket err = 没有那个文件或目录
Cannot connect to server request channel
jack server is not running or cannot be started

P.S. 拒绝连接 = Refuse to connect, 没有那个文件或目录 = No such file or directory
After that, it didn't output anything to the terminal for about 10 sec, and I Ctrl-C'ed and terminated it.

Ubuntu version: 14.04 LTS
Audacity version: 2.0.5-1ubuntu3

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Richard Lamont (richard-lamont)]

Same problem. I'm using gnome-classic. When starting from terminal got this:

richard@greengage:~$ audacity

(process:7289): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::sm-connect after class was initialised

(process:7289): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::show-crash-dialog after class was initialised

(process:7289): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::display after class was initialised

(process:7289): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: Attempt to add property GnomeProgram::default-icon after class was initialised
audacity: symbol lookup error: audacity: undefined symbol: Pa_GetStreamHostApiType

[Richard Lamont (richard-lamont)]

It appears that the error message:

audacity: symbol lookup error: audacity: undefined symbol: Pa_GetStreamHostApiType

was caused by a stale libportaudio file in /usr/local/lib. Fix:

rm -rf /usr/local/lib/libportaudio*
ldconfig

[George Poulson (george-poulson)]

I was seeing this error and Richard Lamont's fix worked fine for me - Thanks!

[ipatrol (ipatrol6010)]

Apparently not an issue in Audacity.