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Installing VarAC on a non-Raspberry Pi PC running Linux.

I've had VarAC installed and working on a Raspberry Pi400 and it kind of works (sort of), but extremely sluggish.

I'm working on trying it on a regular PC now with obviously more processing power to see if I can get it working better. I have Andy's Ham Radio Linux distro installed and working fine. I have WSJTX, FLdigi....etc. all working well - and faster!

I'm running the install script on WheezyE's page that has worked fine on the Pi. I keep running into a problem where AutoHotkey won't install.

Downloading AutoHotkey . . .
AutoHotkey download failed!
Winelink installation failed.
If a download failed, please check your internet connection and try re-running 
the script.

I did manually install Wine, but does it need Wine-devel?

Is there a different method for getting VarAC running on a Linux PC?

Thanks!

Tom KA7VIK

5 comments

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kellykeeton

Mar 13

https://github.com/SpudGunMan/bapi/blob/main/data/VARA.md

The wheezy scripts are not functioning fyi

Gene Ishikawa

Jan 16, 2023

Here is a solution for now:

Autohotkey download and Winelink installation both fail · Issue #58 · WheezyE/Winelink

JI1BQW - Gene

Tom Gwilym

Jan 16, 2023

Replying to

That did it. Installed smoothly now. Thanks!

Now to finish up the rest of the install and get it one on the air and see what happens compared with the Raspberry Pi which works, but seems a bit too slow.

73, Tom

Gene Ishikawa

Jan 17, 2023

Replying to

Nice to hear it solved your problem. I didn't know Andy's distro. It looks good for low-end or old PCs. I'll add it to my list. Thank you. -- Gene

Tom Gwilym

Jan 17, 2023

Replying to

I did make a contact on it yesterday. Seems the other guy was just as new as I was. Andy's Ham Distro is pretty good. I did a search for distros and that came up a lot so giving it a try. Nicely organized and has most of the latest stuff installed already. Seems that there has been so much focus on Pi computers that it was harder to find one for a more 'normal' pc. HamPi has a version now for PCs also, but uses a more modern USB boot method that my old laptop wasn't happy with. I'll oven use HamPi and install Jason KM4ACK's "Build a Pi" also to set up Vara and Winlink easier.

Fun stuff! A lot to play with.

Tom