Recommended OS and WineHQ version for QChartist<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After intensive use of the QChartist software under Linux with WineHQ, i found that QC GUI often crashs with Wine >= 5. The problem seems to deal with the widgets of the wine Windows graphical API.
To avoid frequent crash of QC under Linux, please don’t install Wine 5 or superior, install Wine 4 or inferior. For Debian 12 use the deb packages from https:\/\/dl.winehq.org\/wine-builds\/debian\/pool\/main\/ and install them manually with synaptic, apt, gdebi-gtk and dpkg -i.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is also recommended to use the Gnome graphical interface. Avoid LXDE which is lite but often crashs.
Also run away from proprietary OS like Ubuntu, Lubuntu, Android, MacOS or Windows > 7. They often contain spyware or trackers.
Prefer a real GNU OS like Debian GNU Linux or FreeBSD.
I personally work with Debian GNU Linux OS, with the gnome-panel graphical interface ; and i had to install Wine 4.
QChartist seems to be much more stable since then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you need to stay under Windows the best option is Windows 7. Avoid Windows 11, QC crashs too much under this OS ; and the connection often timeouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To install Wine 4 .deb packages you can use synaptic and gdebi-gtk and dpkg -i
Under Debian, you may have to type this before using dpkg :
export PATH=\/usr\/local\/sbin:\/usr\/local\/bin:\/usr\/sbin:\/usr\/bin:\/sbin:\/bin<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To install a specific version of a package with apt use : apt-get install winehq-stable=4.0.0~yourdistro-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before installing packages, you should enable i386 architecture for Wine with :
sudo dpkg –add-architecture i386 && sudo apt update<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You may need to add the Wine repository PPA :
edit the sources.list file with :
nano \/etc\/apt\/sources.list
and add this line in the file :
deb https:\/\/dl.winehq.org\/wine-builds\/debian\/ bullseye main
(change the debian\/ bullseye entry with your OS version)
then import the wine key with :
wget https:\/\/dl.winehq.org\/wine-builds\/winehq.key
apt-key add winehq.key
apt-get update<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under Linux, you may also need to associate .exe files with Wine. You may need to copy wine.desktop to \/usr\/share\/applications or to $HOME\/.local\/share\/applications\/. You will find wine.desktop in \/usr\/share\/doc\/wine\/examples\/wine.desktop. Then you can associate .exe files with Wine under the Nautilus file explorer. I had to do this under Debian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n