# Cannot get any sound

**URL:** <https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/cannot-get-any-sound/3145>\
**Category:** Support, Help & Resources\
**Created:** [January 12, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/cannot-get-any-sound/3145 "2020-01-12T10:38:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![giannismet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ab097/32.png) [@giannismet](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/giannismet)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/cannot-get-any-sound/3145/1 "2020-01-12T10:38:22Z")

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Hello, I installed Sonic Pi on Ubuntu 18.04 and I cannot hear anything. Every other sound works but this. Also the audio settings are missing. What do I do? Thanks in advance!

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/sonic_pi/original/2X/7/7be11cf05877c622cc1c76e814617e8db26818b1.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![chris.krakou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@chris.krakou](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/chris.krakou)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/cannot-get-any-sound/3145/2 "2020-01-13T09:00:38Z")

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You are using a very old version of Sonic Pi. The official version is 3.1 now, so I think that would be a good first step. While linux isn’t officially supported, it is possible to build it from source with a bit of fiddling. You might want to take a look at this thread: [Build under ubuntu 19.04 DISCO](http://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/build-under-ubuntu-19-04-disco/2488)

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**Author:** ![nlb](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/in-thread.sonic-pi.net/nlb/32/997_2.png) [@nlb](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/nlb)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/cannot-get-any-sound/3145/3 "2020-01-13T11:24:38Z")

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Hi,

maybe this can help you. In general, try to find a post concerning your ubuntu version.

> [@Install sonic pi 3.2 dev on ubuntu 18.04 LTS](http://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/install-sonic-pi-3-2-dev-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts/1318):
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> Bonjour, bonjour ! just an adaptation of this script [https://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi/blob/master/app/gui/qt/build-ubuntu-app](https://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi/blob/master/app/gui/qt/build-ubuntu-app). git clone https://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi.git cd sonic-pi/ get the following script place into ~/sonic-pi/app/gui/qt$ chmod +x build-ubuntu-18-04 sudo ./build-ubuntu-18-04 ~/sonic-pi/app/gui/qt$ ./sonic-pi Hope it works for you ! cheers

cheers

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**Author:** ![giannismet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ab097/32.png) [@giannismet](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/giannismet)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/cannot-get-any-sound/3145/4 "2020-01-13T16:14:00Z")

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Thank you very much.

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**Author:** ![giannismet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ab097/32.png) [@giannismet](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/giannismet)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/cannot-get-any-sound/3145/5 "2020-01-13T16:14:33Z")

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I will try it. Thank you very much.