Cannot install Carla on Ubuntu 18.04

Question

This might appear as a really stupid question, but I can't figure it out myself.

I cannot install Carla on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (64 bit). They offer 3 ways to install Carla, and none is working yet for me.

1. Pressing Debian/Ubuntu on their downloadpage reports:

   could not find carla-git.

   BTW: kxstudio repo is installed.

2. Precompiled binary reports an error after chmod +x Carla && chmod +x CarlaConfig :

   $ ./Carla
   Carla: loadlocale.c:130: _nl_intern_locale_data:
     Assertion `cnt < (sizeof (_nl_value_type_LC_TIME) / sizeof (_nl_value_type_LC_TIME[0]))' failed.
   Aborted (core dumped)
   

3. Building from source is installable. But when I try to open it, nothing appears.

I should maybe stick to one solution, but I'm really confused right now which path to take.

Edit 2: I just did a new clean installation of the kxstudio repo. Here is my output of (extracted the relevant part)

sudo apt update


Hit:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kxstudio-debian/ubuntus/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.

then trying to install carla:

sudo apt install carla-git
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package carla-git

Solution 1

Try first:

sudo apt update

and then

sudo apt install carla-git

Solution 2

I have successfully installed Carla on Ubuntu 18.04. Here's how to do it:

1. go to http://kxstudio.linuxaudio.org/Repositories and install the kxstudio-repos.deb package. You need KXStudio repository for Carla.
2. NOW you can go to http://kxstudio.linuxaudio.org/Applications:Carla and click on the Debian/Ubuntu (via KXStudio repositories) link to install Carla.

If you are trying to get Windows VST files to work in Ubuntu, I found this video helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiaWozQ69eE

Comments

[stumblebee]

This doesn't answer the question.

[Zanna]

this is the answer - totally works after installing KXStudio repo

[Sir hennihau]

sudo apt install carla-git throws: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package carla-git I ran all the instructions to install the kxstudio repos. Here is a screenshot of my Software & Updates imgur.com/a/sZDR3CE . So the problem seems kxstudio repo not be installed properly?

[David Foerster]

@Sirhennihau Could you please edit your post when you want to clarify something or add information? It’s best to have everything relevant in one place. Additionally, comments may be deleted for various reasons. Thanks.

[Zanna]

@Sirhennihau did you run both sets of commands? It works fine for me on 17.10 (also, your screenshot is too small to read)

[Sir hennihau]

Yeah, I ran both sets of commands. It was working for me too, when I was on Ubuntu 17.10 .

[Zanna]

oh right @Sirhennihau yeah the repo presumably has no package for 18.04 yet

[stumblebee]

@Zanna I apologize if my comment offended anyone but, I made my comment after the OP edited Q and stated they already tried this answer, which did not work. To me this answer is incomplete and not a answer or help to the OP.

[Zanna]

@stumblebee I'm sure nobody was offended and you're quite right that this isn't the answer for 18.04 and so not really an answer for this question. You might have explained in your comment, but it's my bad