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title: Running N1MM Logger+ on Linux
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summary: >
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This is my attempt to properly install N1MM Logger+ on my main computer
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running Manjaro/Ubuntu Linux.
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date: 2021-08-12
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lastmod: 2022-08-30
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categories: [amateur-radio]
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tags: [linux,windows,n1mm,emulation,wine]
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---
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## We need to talk again (an Update)
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{{< alert >}}
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This is an update, the post was originally published on August 12<up>th</up>,
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2021. Most of the content has changed.
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{{< /alert >}}
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So in this update I would like to re-phrase and/or re-arrange this article to
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become something like a tutorial. I was thinking about making N1MM Logger+ my
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main logging application, but I'll stick with CQRLOG for now.
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But I still want a nice howto on how to install this tool on a linux computer.
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There we are and we should go right into this!
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Some other articles that I researched and they might be interesting to you too:
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- <https://www.scivision.dev/n1mm-logger-linux-wine/> (2020-05-31)
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- <https://www.n0nb.us/blog/2018/12/running-n1mm-logger-with-wine-on-debian-buster/> (2018-12-03)
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- <https://www.nf8m.com/nf8m/n1mm-on-linux/> (2018-07-25)
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## Let's install N1MM Logger+
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**on Manjaro Linux** in a 32bit environment (wine).
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Create a 32bit wine prefix (in winecfg: select Windows 7):
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~~~console
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$ env WINEPREFIX=/home/dominic/.wine-n1mm WINEARCH=win32 wine wineboot
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$ env WINEPREFIX=/home/dominic/.wine-n1mm WINEARCH=win32 wine winecfg
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~~~
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So there is a ~500MB windows in my home folder, I will back this fragile
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directory up into an archive:
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~~~console
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$ tar -cJf wine-backup-n1mm-$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).tar.xz .wine-n1mm/
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~~~
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Next on the list: _.Net Framework 4.6_:
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~~~console
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$ env WINEPREFIX=/home/dominic/.wine-n1mm winetricks --force
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~~~
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Choose `Select default wine prefix`, choose
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`Install Windows-DLL`, select
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`dotnet46` and hit <kbd>OK</kbd>
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This brings up a few error messages---confirm them and move on. In the end we
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should see the _.NET Framework 4.0_ installation tool.
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{{< figure src="01_dotnet40.png" alt=".NET Framework 4.0 Installation" caption="" >}}
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Once the installation is finished, close the window and the installation of
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version 4.5 should start. After that select <kbd>Restart Later</kbd>
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and the installation of version 4.6 should start too.
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{{< figure src="02_45restart.png" alt=".NET Framework 4.5 restart dialog" caption="" >}}
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Select <kbd>Restart Later</kbd> again and you're done with .NET.
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If you like, you could just create another windows-backup archive in case
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something goes wrong at the next installations. It's the same command as before,
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as it would create a timestamped filename anyway. My wine prefix `.wine-n1mm` now
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is ~1.2GB big.
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~~~console
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$ tar -cJf wine-backup-n1mm-$(date +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M%S).tar.xz .wine-n1mm/
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~~~
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This time it took about three times longer than the first time, FYI.
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Now just download and run the Full-Installer and the Update-Installer files.
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- <https://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com/>
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Navigate to `DOWNLOADS` >>
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`PROGRAM FILES` >> `FULL INSTALL`
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{{< figure src="03_fullinstall.png" alt="Full Install Menu" caption="" >}}
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Like above, but navigate to `DOWNLOADS` >>
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`PROGRAM FILES` >>
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`LATEST UPDATE FILES`
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{{< figure src="04_update.png" alt="Update Menu" caption="" >}}
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After moving into the directory where our installation files reside, we tell wine
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to start the installers:
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~~~console
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$ cd Downloads/
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$ env WINEPREFIX=/home/dominic/.wine-n1mm wine N1MM-Logger-FullInstaller-1.0.8954.exe
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~~~
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Unselect `Finish and restart...` and close the installer.
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~~~console
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$ env WINEPREFIX=/home/dominic/.wine-n1mm wine N1MM-Logger-Update-1.0.9243.exe
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~~~
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Unselect `Run N1MM Logger+...` and close the installer.
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{{< alert circle-info >}}
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Please not that those are examples, you need to start the files that **you**
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downloaded---they might differ in their version numbers. Also the declaration
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of the environment variable is used with the **fish shell**, for bash (maybe the
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default shell on most linuxes) you would just omit the `env` at the beginning.
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{{< /alert >}}
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Make sure to substitute the versions with what you have downloaded---you can
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find these files here:
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* [Full Install](https://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com/downloads/n1mm-full-install)
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* [Latest update](https://n1mmwp.hamdocs.com/mmfiles/categories/programlatestupdate)
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You should now have new desktop icons and/or new menue entries (depends on your
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desktop environment).
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{{< figure src="05_desktopicons.png" alt="Desktop icons" caption="" >}}
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You can start the program with these icons or by hand. If you want to start them
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by hand from a terminal, you should prepend your command with the wine prefix
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that you installed it.
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You'll figure that out, the content of one of these desktop icons is:
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~~~ini
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[Desktop Entry]
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Name=N1MM Logger+
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Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/dominic/.wine-n1mm" wine C:\\\\windows\\\\command\\\\start.exe /Unix /home/dominic/.wine-n1mm/dosdevices/c:/users/Public/Desktop/N1MM\\ Logger+.lnk
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Type=Application
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StartupNotify=true
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Path=/home/dominic/.wine-n1mm/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/N1MM Logger+/SkinsAndLayouts
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Icon=88F7_N1MMLogger.net.0
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StartupWMClass=n1mmlogger.net.exe
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~~~
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This would probably do the same:
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~~~console
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$ env WINEPREFIX=/home/dominic/.wine-n1mm wine .wine-n1mm/drive_c/Program\ Files/N1MM\ Logger+/N1MMLogger.net.exe
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~~~
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{{< figure src="06_errormsg.png" alt="Error message" caption="" >}}
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You can click the big error message away, afterwards you get informed that AutoHotkey
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is not installed. Click that away too and you're done for now. Setup your station
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details and move on with using N1MM Logger+ on linux.
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{{< alert circle-info >}}
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There might be still bugs as those error messages at the installation of the
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.NET Framework didn't came from nothing---for what I've seen so far the menues
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are a bit tricky to handle as they tend to disappear when hovering with the mouse.
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This might need a few tries to actually open the settings dialog for example.
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{{< /alert >}}
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Finally, there is a good result I think:
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{{< figure src="07_screenshot.png" alt="Example screenshot" caption="" >}}
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Hopefully this article was helpful to somebody, as I have been sitting here now
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for a while doing all the exact steps from above to verify its validity---the
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reason for that was actually because I've seen that this specific article got
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read quite a few times and I personally found it a bit confusing myself :wink:
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vy 73 de Dominic, OE7DRT (going to bed now)
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## Another update (Installation on Ubuntu 20.04)
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I recently switched my laptop from Manjaro Linux back to Tuxedos version of
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Kubuntu. So let's have a quick look at what I did in this newly created 32bit
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windows environment.
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~~~console
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$ sudo apt-get install wine-stable
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$ sudo apt-get install winetricks
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$ sudo apt-get install exe-thumbnailer
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$ export WINEPREFIX=/home/dominic/.wine-n1mm
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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 dotnet46
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$ winetricks win7 # Because N1MM Logger+ does not like WinXP, I thought that would be a nice idea to switch over to Windows 7
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$ wine Downloads/N1MM-Logger-FullInstaller-1.0.8954.exe
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$ wine Downloads/N1MM-Logger-Update-1.0.9275.exe
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~~~
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Start N1MM Logger+ from within your Application menue. There should be a new
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folder called
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`Wine` >> `Programs` >> `N1MM Logger+`
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