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vara install

 

On install vara failed
Did this:
Load up Pi-Apps via http://pi-apps.io
?wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash
?
Use the Pi-Apps GUI navigate to Tools->Emulation
?install Box86 and wine
ok
then did this:
wget -r -A "*.zip" 'https://downloads.winlink.org/'
ok
unzipped files "here"

then tried this:
?
I copy all the OCX files in VARA rather then set paths or register
?cp ~/.wine/drive_c/VARA/OCX/* ~/.wine/drive_c/VARA/

failed

then
tried this:
"wine VARA setup.exe"

failed some errors


What am i doing wrong?

Colin
 

You need to invoke wine to run the installer for vara, so by changing to the directory of your downloads.. cd Downloads?

you can find the .exe setup file for VARA and from command line ¡°wine ¡­¡± you can press TAB to help suggest completion?

copying the OCX failed because it sounds like you didn¡¯t install Vara yet

The tips I gave are not exact but suggesting the direction to fix issues, if that helped I hope.?


k
 

Please correct me if I am wrong, but since VARA is only available as a 32bit application, this procedure only works for 32bit RaspberryOS systems. ? ?

I did try installing on a 64bit Bookworm, but nothing happened when I tried running VARA. ?In running directly from a terminal (via "wine VARA.exe" in "~/.wine/drive_c/VARA/"), I get a bunch of errors which do look like ?32bit/64bit issues002c:
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?err:virtual:map_fixed_area out of memory for 0x6fffffcd0000-0x6ffffffef000002c:
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?err:virtual:try_map_free_area mmap() error Cannot allocate memory, range 0x7fffffcd0000-0x7ffffffef000, unix_prot 0x7.
 

you would need to have a functioning 32bit wine box combo ¡°wow¡± to emulate 32bit x86 code in wine on arm/pi yes?

the quickest way for ¡°ham radio apps¡± is to stay in 32bit OS, as it¡¯s less configuration needs?

its all under a lot of active development, as for the error on wine and all, you can suppress them but there could be a lot. stuff changes weekly almost so unless your on-top of things, I saw a box update rolled out this week.?

Two months back the pi-apps project kept 32 and 64 bit wine box combo on the pi5 but instability abounds for everyone.?

The wheezy project and its latest forks keep a list of some updated packages.?


-k
Wally Tuck
 

I don't know if this helps but VARA works well on my 64bit windows system working with winlink.


On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 7:47 AM, Dreuge
<Dreuge@...> wrote:
Please correct me if I am wrong, but since VARA is only available as a 32bit application, this procedure only works for 32bit RaspberryOS systems. ? ?

I did try installing on a 64bit Bookworm, but nothing happened when I tried running VARA. ?In running directly from a terminal (via "wine VARA.exe" in "~/.wine/drive_c/VARA/"), I get a bunch of errors which do look like ?32bit/64bit issues002c:
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?err:virtual:map_fixed_area out of memory for 0x6fffffcd0000-0x6ffffffef000002c:
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?err:virtual:try_map_free_area mmap() error Cannot allocate memory, range 0x7fffffcd0000-0x7ffffffef000, unix_prot 0x7.
 

Just wanted to post here that I've been working with botspot?& gman to merge VARA HF into pi-apps officially.
This installation should be more automatic now just by installing pi-apps and choosing VARA HF from the "Engineering" apps menu.
I'll work on fixing my Winelink script too, though I don't have a solid ETA on that.

On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 9:30?AM Wally Tuck via <bethere549=[email protected]> wrote:
I don't know if this helps but VARA works well on my 64bit windows system working with winlink.


On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 7:47 AM, Dreuge
<Dreuge@...> wrote:
Please correct me if I am wrong, but since VARA is only available as a 32bit application, this procedure only works for 32bit RaspberryOS systems. ? ?

I did try installing on a 64bit Bookworm, but nothing happened when I tried running VARA.? In running directly from a terminal (via "wine VARA.exe" in "~/.wine/drive_c/VARA/"), I get a bunch of errors which do look like ?32bit/64bit issues002c:
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?err:virtual:map_fixed_area out of memory for 0x6fffffcd0000-0x6ffffffef000002c:
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?err:virtual:try_map_free_area mmap() error Cannot allocate memory, range 0x7fffffcd0000-0x7ffffffef000, unix_prot 0x7.
 

Wheeze?
?
any plans to include VARAFM in Pi-Apps
--
Tnx ¡­ Tom VE3NY
Toronto, Canada
 

Hi Tom,

Not currently. But you can use the Winelink script for that (which is back up and running and now incorporates the PiApps wine installer).

Kind regards,
KI7POL

On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 6:36?AM Tom Corcoran via <tcorcoran=[email protected]> wrote:
Wheeze?
?
any plans to include VARAFM in Pi-Apps
--
Tnx ¡­ Tom VE3NY
Toronto, Canada

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