How to install Waveform 12.5.21 in Ubuntu 24.04 and it derivates? Here the solution

[edrickblade]

I figured out on how to install Waveform 12.5.21 in Ubuntu Studio 24.04.3, just download the file libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18_2.43.3-1_amd64.deb from here
extract the .deb file, extract the data.tar.zst archive and manually copy the two files from the extracted .tar file /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu to your system's /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu with administrative privileges

Put the waveform12_12.5.21_amd64.deb in an empty folder, open the folder with Terminal and type:

$ ar xv waveform12_12.5.21_amd64.deb
$ sudo tar xvf data.tar.gz -C /

and not sudo apt install because the system will avoid it because of the "dependency problem". You can update system and it won't update those files because it was copied manually and isn't registered in apt. If for some reason WF12 doesn't run, run in terminal
sudo apt install libatomic1 to install other dependencies.

[edrickblade]

Leave in comments who figured out to install WF12 in Ubuntu 24.04.03 and for any question! This also works in newer xBuntu too!

[Uncle Bastard]

Would this work in Mint Cinnamon 22?. I have a recently-done iMac crying out for Waveform 12.

[edrickblade]

Would this work in Mint Cinnamon 22?. I have a recently-done iMac crying out for Waveform 12.

Of course, even in Debian 13!