Problem

Fix/Workaround

1

14.0.0 on (k)ubuntu Hardy (8.04): "sox soxio: Failed reading `some.file': unknown file type `auto'" (or other file-type).

Install the missing file types with: sudo apt-get install libsox-fmt-all

2

14.2.0 on unix-like OSs, when building SoX from source, the 'configure' script fails on some systems causing a subsequent make error similar to:

DPKGLIBDIR="\"/usr/lib/sox\"" -DDISTRO="\".vir. d .d$$$b. .cd$b. .d$b. d$$$$$ .d$b. .d$b. $$( )$ d$$ d$$$ Q$$$sox-14.2.0$sox-14.2.0.$$$. .$$$. Q$$$$$B$$$$P" d$sox-14.2.0Q$$b. $$. .$sox-14.2.0' `$.$sox-14.2.0' `$"$$$sox-14.2.0 Q$$$ d$sox-14.2.0 Q$$b $$b $$b..d$$$b..d$d$$$P" "$$$$ Q$Q$$ $$`Q$$$sox-14.2.0 `Q$$$sox-14.2.0 $$$sox-14.2.0 `""""" "" "" Q$sox-14.2.0 "Q$sox-14.2.0" "Q$sox-14.2.0" `Q$P" """\"" -O2 -march=k8 -mfpmath=sse -msse3 -ggdb -pipe -Wtraditional-conversion -O2 -march=k8 -mfpmath=sse -msse3 -ggdb -pipe -fsigned-char -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wall -W -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -pedantic -MT sox.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/sox.Tpo -c -o sox.o sox.c /bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching ``' /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file make[1]: *** [sox.o] Error 2

Temporarily remove or rename /etc/issue, or apply the patch in the bug report, and re-run the configure script.

3

14.2.0 on Vista OS: "normalise: cannot create temporary file: permission denied" (can also occur with other effects)

`The temporary files problem turned out to be a Vista security issue. By using the SoX properties to adjust permissions, and turning off User Account Control (the annoying new thing where Vista pops up a message asking if a program should do what you just told it to do....), I got the effect to work just fine.'

4

14.2.0 on any Windows OS: "normalise: cannot create temporary file: No such file or directory" (can also occur with other effects)

Create a folder called `tmp' at the top level of the `C:' drive (and any other drive from which SoX may be invoked).

5

14.4.0: "can't open output file 'default': can not open audio device: Connection refused" when trying to play back audio

Either install the PulseAudio sound server, or override this default by setting AUDIODRIVER=alsa (or oss, or other desired audio driver). On Debian/Ubuntu, removing the libsox-fmt-pulse package also helps.