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title: Running Winlink and VARA on Linux
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aliases:
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- /posts/2021-10-03-winlink-and-vara-on-linux
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- /posts/2021-10-03-running-winlink-and-vara-on-linux
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- /amateur-radio/2021-10-03-running-winlink-and-vara-on-linux
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- /amateur-radio/2021-10-03-winlink-and-vara-on-linux
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- /blog/2021-10-03-winlink-and-vara-on-linux
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- /posts/18-winlink-and-vara-on-linux
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summary: >
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A quick and dirty summary of my Winlink installation on my linux laptop.
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date: 2021-10-03
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categories: [amateur-radio]
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tags: [linux, winlink, vara fm, vara hf, windows, emulation, wine]
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---
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This article is about using VARA FM and/or VARA HF on a linux laptop -- or
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computer.
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## Quick and dirty
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```console
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$ sudo apt-get install wine-stable winetricks exe-thumbnailer
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$ export WINEPREFIX=/home/dominic/.wine-winlink
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$ export WINEARCH=win32
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$ winetricks winxp
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$ winetricks sound=alsa
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$ winetricks -q dotnet35sp1
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$ winetricks vb6run
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$ winetricks vcrun2015
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## now, as an update when my already working winlink express installation
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## failed, i had to install also the following dotnet applications with winetricks
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$ winetricks -q dotnet40
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$ winetricks -q dotnet46
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## Optional, if you want backups
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$ tar -cJf wine-backup_$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S)_initial-setup.tar.xz .wine-winlink
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$ wine Downloads/Winlink_Express_install.exe
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## Optional, if you want backups after you installed Winlink
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$ tar -cJf wine-backup_$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S)_winlink-installed.tar.xz .wine-winlink
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$ wine Downloads/VARA\ setup\ \(Run\ as\ Administrator\).exe
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$ wine Downloads/VARA\ FM\ setup\ \(Run\ as\ Administrator\).exe
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## Optional, if you want backups, after you installed Winlink and VARA
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$ tar -cJf wine-backup_$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S)_vara-installed.tar.xz .wine-winlink
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```
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If your VARA window is empty after it gets started from Winlink, just minimize
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it and restore it and you should see it's content again.
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## Resources
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This article is practically based on the instructions found over at
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<http://k6eta.com/linux/installing-rms-express-on-linux-with-wine>.
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The following files have been re-uploaded on my website to create a duplicate
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resource for download, but primarily to prevent them from going offline in the
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case the resource goes down for whatever reason.
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{{< alert circle-info >}}
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I do not claim them to be my creation, I just want them to be online on a place
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that I find again.
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{{< /alert >}}
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- [VARA_components.zip](/files/VARA_components.zip)
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- [pdh.dll.zip](/files/pdh.dll.zip)
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Visit the website `k6eta.com` above if you want to know more details about
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Winlink on Linux.
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Thanks to Steven K6ETA for his excellent explanations on his website, so I could
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narrow this down to the quick copy-and-paste-box above.
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