[Xastir] Ubuntu Sound

[Bob Nielsen]

On Nov 6, 2006, at 4:25 PM, Darryl Gibson wrote:

> I loaded my sound files, enabled sounds in Xastir, confirmed my box  
> is talking to the sound card, and is playing system sounds, but  
> Xastir isn't playing them.
>
> When I exit out of Xastir, I see numerous error messages:
>
> sh: play: command not found.
>
> When I double click on newstation.wav, Totem opens up, and plays  
> the file.
>
> So, does anybody know what command I should replace play with to  
> get my sound working? Or what package I could install, that will  
> play with play?

If you use ALSA, you may have aplay installed (it's in the alsa-utils  
package on Debian and clones).  There may be other "play" binaries  
and creating a symbolic link should work.

It looks like "play" itself is part of the sox package.

Bob, N7XY