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[KM4ACK-Pi] Trouble installing VARA on RPi4

 

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OK, using Winetricks, I installed VB6, and a few missing other files. I was still getting errors about missing or misinstalled OCX files. I had to retrieve them at OCXme.com.

Finally, VARA FM materialized briefly ¡­ but shut down quickly. A buzzkill. The error is something about advapi32.dll. I tried a different version, but getting the same thing.
¡°Call from 7BDAACE8 to unimplemented function ADVAPI32.DLL. PerfEnumerateCounterSet, aborting wine ¡­¡± Then it calls for debugger which didn¡¯t run.

I¡¯m close, just not there. Any help appreciated. Going to copy this to linuxham group as well.

73, Jamie
WB4YDL

PS - while running Winetricks for missing files, this error box came up
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This may be the source of why the VARA install Pi App script would just stall. I never got this box when I ran it - only with Winetricks. Tried wineserver -k and -k9, but it never stopped these boxes. But when I clicked OK, it woul take off and continue to complete the requested fill.

Again, RPi4 with 32bit Bullseye.



On Jan 10, 2025, at 2:14?PM, James C. Hall, MD WB4YDL <heartdoc@...> wrote:

?Well, slowly I¡¯m learning some of this Linux stuff ! HI I have a couple SD cards that I go back and forth with. What I decided to do was manually install Box86 and Wine thanks to a great how-to article -

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So, I installed VARA and VARA FM, but neither would run - missing required DLL - a MS Visual Basic. So, I guess this is where Winetricks comes in to save the day. Lots of studying to do - but it is kinda fun and interesting.

I could never get the Pi Apps install routine for VARA to work - it would just stall out in the middle of things. If anyone can point me in the right direction on installing and running Winetricks, I would appreciate it.

I may try that Pi Apps script again but on Ethernet instead of WiFi. Something to try ¡­

73, Jamie
WB4YDL




On Jan 6, 2025, at 9:51?PM, James C. Hall, MD <heartdoc@...> wrote:

?Is there a time limit to install something on a RPi or something ? I¡¯ve been trying to install VARA (using the Pi-Apps install) and I¡¯ve noticed that it will go so far in the installation and just stop - I can wait an hour and it never moves. The CPU slider on Conky will go down to idle at 6-7%. I can restart the process and it may get a little farther (since some things are now installed), but it again stalls mid-stream. This is a new Bullseye install with minimal 73Linux items selected.

I installed VARA previously without issue a couple years ago and didn¡¯t have any issues thanks to Jason¡¯s tutorial.

WINE stalls about when installing fonts.

Any suggestions to try ?

73, Jamie
WB4YDL
 

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Adrian:

Many thanks for the reply ! Linux noob here, but studying. I think I have vb6run (I think SP6) and mfc42 already installed, but I will check.?

I do NOT have cabextract. I¡¯ll also check the others. Now, with a 32 bit system, do I need wine64 or wine32 ?

I need to document all this, because if I actually do get this right, there are a lot of guys that want to know about it. I¡¯ll keep notes. :)

73, Jamie
WB4YDL



On Jan 10, 2025, at 9:22?PM, Adrian Fewster, VK4TUX via groups.io <vk4tux@...> wrote:

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I run some G4HFQ Yaesu VB6 software? (FTBCAT, FTBbasicMMO etc)


?under wine here; Had to do ;

winetricks vb6run

winetricks mfc42


also

sudo apt install cabextract


sudo apt install wine wine64 libwine fonts-wine

With good results


Its interesting with codeweavers 'Crossover' that I paid $ for, that there is no apparent solution to run VB6 programs.

Their forum also ignored the question. wine/winetricks saved the day.


vk4tux


On 11/1/25 12:46, James C. Hall, MD WB4YDL via groups.io wrote:
OK, using Winetricks, I installed VB6, and a few missing other files. I was still getting errors about missing or misinstalled OCX files. I had to retrieve them at OCXme.com.

Finally, VARA FM materialized briefly ¡­ but shut down quickly. A buzzkill. The error is something about advapi32.dll. I tried a different version, but getting the same thing.
¡°Call from 7BDAACE8 to unimplemented function ADVAPI32.DLL. PerfEnumerateCounterSet, aborting wine ¡­¡± Then it calls for debugger which didn¡¯t run.

I¡¯m close, just not there. Any help appreciated. Going to copy this to linuxham group as well.

73, Jamie
WB4YDL

PS - while running Winetricks for missing files, this error box came up
image0.jpeg

This may be the source of why the VARA install Pi App script would just stall. I never got this box when I ran it - only with Winetricks. Tried wineserver -k and -k9, but it never stopped these boxes. But when I clicked OK, it woul take off and continue to complete the requested fill.

Again, RPi4 with 32bit Bullseye.



On Jan 10, 2025, at 2:14?PM, James C. Hall, MD WB4YDL <heartdoc@...> wrote:

? Well, slowly I¡¯m learning some of this Linux stuff ! HI I have a couple SD cards that I go back and forth with. What I decided to do was manually install Box86 and Wine thanks to a great how-to article -

?

So, I installed VARA and VARA FM, but neither would run - missing required DLL - a MS Visual Basic. So, I guess this is where Winetricks comes in to save the day. Lots of studying to do - but it is kinda fun and interesting.

I could never get the Pi Apps install routine for VARA to work - it would just stall out in the middle of things. If anyone can point me in the right direction on installing and running Winetricks, I would appreciate it.

I may try that Pi Apps script again but on Ethernet instead of WiFi. Something to try ¡­

73, Jamie
WB4YDL




On Jan 6, 2025, at 9:51?PM, James C. Hall, MD <heartdoc@...> wrote:

?Is there a time limit to install something on a RPi or something ? I¡¯ve been trying to install VARA (using the Pi-Apps install) and I¡¯ve noticed that it will go so far in the installation and just stop - I can wait an hour and it never moves. The CPU slider on Conky will go down to idle at 6-7%. I can restart the process and it may get a little farther (since some things are now installed), but it again stalls mid-stream. This is a new Bullseye install with minimal 73Linux items selected.

I installed VARA previously without issue a couple years ago and didn¡¯t have any issues thanks to Jason¡¯s tutorial.

WINE stalls about when installing fonts.

Any suggestions to try ?

73, Jamie
WB4YDL
 

I forget it's name, but is/was there not a native Linux implementation of VARA (maybe not all of it) specifically for portable use?

Not sure if it was fully open source though...

73.

Dave G0WBX.

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Created on and sent from a Unix like PC running and using open source software:
 

Dave,

There is no native Linux implementation of VARA. However, Ardop is an alternative for HF Winlink. Ardopcf () is an open source multi-platform implementation of Ardop that I maintain.

The performance is not as good as VARA, and it has some bugs that I'm still working on, but it is usable on both Linux and Windows. It pairs well with Pat (), the open source multi-platform Winlink client. These both also run well on low end hardware including the Raspberry Pi Zero.

Peter LaRue
AI7YN

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