Wrong program starts when run from Dolphin

[Jonathan Ryshpan]

I have build an old version of audacity (audacity-2.4) from source and
placed the executable in ~/bin.  When I start audacity from the command
line (say):
   $ audacity-2.4 98.03.14-a.aup
everything runs as it should.  But when attempt to start audacity-2.4
from dolphin clicking
dolphin->98.03.14-a.aup->rt-click/Open With->Other Application-
> audacity-2.4 
the program started is audacity not audacity-2.4 .
 Similarly it's not
possible to start audacity-2.4 from the Start Button on the Panel.

I don't have the problem with xv, which I also build from source and
placed in ~/bin .

What's happening?

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Sincerely Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh(a)pacbell.net&gt;

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 You will be approximated. -- Joe Klemmer

[Ed Greshko]

On 21/07/2021 10:19, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>  I have build an old version of audacity (audacity-2.4) from source
> and placed the executable in ~/bin.  When I start audacity from the command line (say):
>  $ audacity-2.4 98.03.14-a.aup
>  everything runs as it should.  But when attempt to start audacity-2.4 from dolphin
> clicking
>  dolphin->98.03.14-a.aup->rt-click/Open With->Other Application->audacity-2.4
>  the program started is audacity not audacity-2.4 .  Similarly it's not possible to
> start audacity-2.4 from the Start Button on the Panel.
>
>  I don't have the problem with xv, which I also build from source and placed in ~/bin
> .
>
>  What's happening?
>  
Did you edit the audacity menu item in the KDE Menu (Lower Left) to point to your
version?  And, if you had a favorite
item defined previously for audacity, did you delete that as well?

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[Jonathan Ryshpan]

On Wed, 2021-07-21 at 12:36 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  On 21/07/2021 10:19, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>  > I have build an old version of audacity (audacity-2.4) from source
>  > and placed the executable in ~/bin.  When I start audacity from the
>  > command line (say):
>  >    $ audacity-2.4 98.03.14-a.aup
>  > everything runs as it should.  But when attempt to start audacity-
>  > 2.4 from dolphin clicking
>  >    dolphin->98.03.14-a.aup->rt-click/Open With->Other Application-
>  >    >audacity-2.4
>  > the program started is audacity not audacity-2.4 .  Similarly it's
>  > not possible to start audacity-2.4 from the Start Button on the
>  > Panel.
>  > 
>  > I don't have the problem with xv, which I also build from source
>  > and placed in ~/bin .
>  
>  Did you edit the audacity menu item in the KDE Menu (Lower Left) to
>  point to your version?  And, if you had a favorite item defined
>  previously for audacity, did you delete that as well? 
I would think that audacity and audacity-2.4 are different programs,
despite the similarity of their names.  However if I rename audacity-
2.4 as fred ($ mv audacity-2.4 fred)  things work properly.

Audacity is not a favorite.  The strangest thing is that when I attempt
to start audacity-2.4 from dolphin , "Other Applications" shows
audacity-2.4 as a possible choice, but when I click on it audacity (not
audacity-2.4) starts.


-- 
Sincerely Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh(a)pacbell.net&gt;

 Bother' said Pooh as the Borg assimilated 
 Piglet -- Simon Robinson

[Ed Greshko]

On 21/07/2021 13:38, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>  On Wed, 2021-07-21 at 12:36 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
> > On 21/07/2021 10:19, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
> >> I have build an old version of audacity (audacity-2.4) from source and placed the
> executable in ~/bin.  When I start audacity from the command line (say):
> >> $ audacity-2.4 98.03.14-a.aup
> >> everything runs as it should.  But when attempt to start audacity-2.4 from
> dolphin clicking
> >> dolphin->98.03.14-a.aup->rt-click/Open With->Other
> Application->audacity-2.4
> >> the program started is audacity not audacity-2.4 .  Similarly it's not
> possible to start audacity-2.4 from the Start Button on the Panel.
> >>
> >> I don't have the problem with xv, which I also build from source and placed
> in ~/bin .
> >
> > Did you edit the audacity menu item in the KDE Menu (Lower Left) to point to your
> version?  And, if you had a favorite item defined previously for audacity, did you delete
> that as well?
>
>  I would think that audacity and audacity*-2.4 *are different programs, despite the
> similarity of their names.  However if I rename audacity-2.4 as fred ($ mv audacity-2.4
> fred)  things work properly. 
Let me ask a simple question using my fully updated F30 system as and exmple.

If I type,

[egreshko@meimei ~]$ dnf info audacity

I get....


Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:07 ago on Wed Jul 21 16:11:39 2021.
Installed Packages
Name         : audacity
Version      : 3.0.2
Release      : 3.fc34
Architecture : x86_64
Size         : 43 M
Source       : audacity-3.0.2-3.fc34.src.rpm
Repository   : @System
 From repo    : updates
Summary      : Multitrack audio editor
URL          : https://www.audacityteam.org/
License      : GPLv2
Description  : Audacity is a cross-platform multitrack audio editor. It allows you
              : to record sounds directly or to import files in various formats. It
              : features a few simple effects, all of the editing features you
              : should need, and unlimited undo. The GUI was built with wxWidgets
              : and the audio I/O supports PulseAudio, OSS and ALSA under Linux.

But, if I type,

dnf info audacity-3

What do you think well happen?

[egreshko@meimei ~]$ dnf info audacity-3
Last metadata expiration check: 0:03:28 ago on Wed Jul 21 16:11:39 2021.
Error: No matching Packages to list

Can you imagine why that would be?

Is the -3 part of the program's name?  Or part of the version?


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[Ed Greshko]

On 21/07/2021 16:16, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  Let me ask a simple question using my fully updated F30 
                                     ^ F34

I really, really hate being under the weather.  I use my BSpace more than ever and I still
can't get it right.
Sorry.

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[Leslie S Satenstein]

Do you have the PATH statment with ~/bin first in the list?   Please  do "echo
$PATH"

Regards 
 Leslie
 Leslie Satenstein
Montréal Québec, Canada

 

    On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 4:24:33 a.m. EDT, Ed Greshko
<ed.greshko(a)greshko.com&gt; wrote:  
 
 On 21/07/2021 16:16, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  Let me ask a simple question using my fully updated F30 
                                     ^ F34

I really, really hate being under the weather.  I use my BSpace more than ever and I still
can't get it right.
Sorry.

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[Jonathan Ryshpan]

On Wed, 2021-07-21 at 16:16 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  On 21/07/2021 13:38, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>  > On Wed, 2021-07-21 at 12:36 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
>  > > On 21/07/2021 10:19, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:
>  > > > I have build an old version of audacity (audacity-2.4) from
>  > > > source and placed the executable in ~/bin.  When I start
>  > > > audacity from the command line (say):
>  > > >    $ audacity-2.4 98.03.14-a.aup
>  > > > everything runs as it should.  But when attempt to start
>  > > > audacity-2.4 from dolphin clicking
>  > > >    dolphin->98.03.14-a.aup->rt-click/Open With->Other
> Application-
>  > > >    >audacity-2.4
>  > > > the program started is audacity not audacity-2.4 .  Similarly
>  > > > it's not possible to start audacity-2.4 from the Start Button
>  > > > on the Panel.
>  > > > 
>  > > > I don't have the problem with xv, which I also build from
>  > > > source and placed in ~/bin .
>  > > 
>  > > Did you edit the audacity menu item in the KDE Menu (Lower Left)
>  > > to point to your version?  And, if you had a favorite item
>  > > defined previously for audacity, did you delete that as well?
>  > 
>  > I would think that audacity and audacity*-2.4 *are different
>  > programs, despite the similarity of their names.  However if I
>  > rename audacity-2.4 as fred ($ mv audacity-2.4 fred)  things work
>  > properly.
>  
>  Let me ask a simple question using my fully updated F30 system as and
>  exmple.
>  
>  If I type,
>  [egreshko@meimei ~]$ dnf info audacity
>  I get....
>  
>  Last metadata expiration check: 0:02:07 ago on Wed Jul 21 16:11:39
>  2021.
>  Installed Packages
>  Name         : audacity
>  Version      : 3.0.2
>  Release      : 3.fc34
>  Architecture : x86_64
>  Size         : 43 M
>  Source       : audacity-3.0.2-3.fc34.src.rpm
>  Repository   : @System
>   From repo    : updates
>  Summary      : Multitrack audio editor
>  URL          : https://www.audacityteam.org/
>  License      : GPLv2
>  Description  : Audacity is a cross-platform multitrack audio editor.
>  It allows you
>                : to record sounds directly or to import files in
>  various formats. It
>                : features a few simple effects, all of the editing
>  features you
>                : should need, and unlimited undo. The GUI was built
>  with wxWidgets
>                : and the audio I/O supports PulseAudio, OSS and ALSA
>  under Linux.
>  
>  But, if I type,
>  
>  dnf info audacity-3
>  
>  What do you think well happen?
>  
>  [egreshko@meimei ~]$ dnf info audacity-3
>  Last metadata expiration check: 0:03:28 ago on Wed Jul 21 16:11:39
>  2021.
>  Error: No matching Packages to list
>  
>  Can you imagine why that would be?
>  
>  Is the -3 part of the program's name?  Or part of the version? 
The problem appears to be the ".4" in audacity-2.4 .   I guess that KDE
thinks it is a type extension like ".txt".  Is this a bug or a feature?
 In any case, my problem is solved; just call the program audacity-2,
not audacity-2.4 .

An example:
$ type audacity audacity-2.4
audacity is /usr/bin/audacity
audacity-2.4 is /home/jonrysh/bin/audacity-2.4
< audacity cannot be started from the "Start" button. 
$ mv bin/audacity-2.4 bin/audacity-2
$ type audacity audacity-2
audacity is /usr/bin/audacity
audacity-2 is /home/jonrysh/bin/audacity-2
<audacity can be started from the start button>


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Sincerely Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh(a)pacbell.net&gt;

 Necessity is the excuse for every infringement of 
 human freedom. It is the argument of the tyrant 
 and the creed of the slave. -- Wm. Pitt the Elder