Can't record audio on ubuntu

Anki Desktop
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When I try to save audio I recorded I get this error message on Ubuntu.

My microphone is working fine otherwise.

Error
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Anki 2.1.40 (cf446733) Python 3.8.1 Qt 5.15.1 PyQt 5.15.1
Platform: Linux
Flags: frz=True ao=False sv=1
Add-ons, last update check: 2021-02-17 15:21:54

Caught exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “aqt/sound.py”, line 475, in _encode_mp3
File “subprocess.py”, line 854, in init
File “subprocess.py”, line 1702, in _execute_child
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ‘lame’

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “aqt/taskman.py”, line 87, in _on_closures_pending
File “aqt/taskman.py”, line 59, in
File “aqt/sound.py”, line 489, in _on_done
File “concurrent/futures/_base.py”, line 432, in result
File “concurrent/futures/_base.py”, line 388, in __get_result
File “concurrent/futures/thread.py”, line 57, in run
File “aqt/sound.py”, line 492, in
File “aqt/sound.py”, line 477, in _encode_mp3
Exception: lameError running ⁨ ⁩/tmp/anki_temp/rec.wavError running ⁨ ⁩/tmp/anki_temp/rec1613572447.mp3Error running ⁨ ⁩–noreplaygainError running ⁨ ⁩–quiet

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Try installing lame:

sudo apt-get install lame
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thanks it worked