# Sonic Pi - Midi under Linux Mint 19.3

**URL:** <https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sonic-pi-midi-under-linux-mint-19-3/4339>\
**Category:** Support, Help & Resources\
**Created:** [August 29, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sonic-pi-midi-under-linux-mint-19-3/4339 "2020-08-29T15:03:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![synchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58f4c7/32.png) [@synchron](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/synchron)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sonic-pi-midi-under-linux-mint-19-3/4339/1 "2020-08-29T15:03:58Z")

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Hi,  
i tried everything i could find in the net, burned a couple of hours and cant get it run.  
So now i am giving up for today. (frustrated)

The build-in sonic-pi is working, but its 2.10 and MIDI is not supported yet.  
Upgrade packages are not available.

Then i tried the appimages (link found here in the forum)

> **[spencerschumann/sonic-pi-appimage](https://github.com/spencerschumann/sonic-pi-appimage)**
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> Dockerized Sonic Pi build that creates a portable AppImage - spencerschumann/sonic-pi-appimage

  
It started, sound is coming, but midi is not working.  
I am getting a “Errno::ECONNREFUSED”

I tried to build from source, but the dependencies didnt match.  
so i installed cmake, ruby and more in higher versions.  
I get it build.  
But the programm is shutdown right after the start. I read something about “a version conflict in boost or supercollider” but cant figure out what it is or how i can fix this.

I am at a dead end. No idea what to do next or which way to go.

If someone has any idea, please say something.  
Thanks!

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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:** [August 30, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sonic-pi-midi-under-linux-mint-19-3/4339/2 "2020-08-30T18:39:44Z")

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hi

linux Mint 19.3 is based on which ubuntu version ?

give maybe a try (not tested on linux mint ) [http://r.newman.ch/rpi/ubuntu-20.04/ubuntu\_sonic\_pi\_deb.html](http://r.newman.ch/rpi/ubuntu-20.04/ubuntu_sonic_pi_deb.html)

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**Author:** ![synchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58f4c7/32.png) [@synchron](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/synchron)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 1:34pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sonic-pi-midi-under-linux-mint-19-3/4339/3 "2020-08-31T13:34:30Z")

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Hi,  
i did it…i formatted my complete PC to install Linux Mint 20, that is based on Ubuntu 20.04.  
Backuped and recovered everything, installed everything again and than followed the Link and installed the .deb  
And it worked!

Thank you  
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print(“very”)  
end  
much!!!

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**Author:** ![robin.newman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@robin.newman](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/robin.newman)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sonic-pi-midi-under-linux-mint-19-3/4339/4 "2020-08-31T14:50:13Z")

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Glad it worked on Mint.