Thetis on Linux

[Lou Scalpati]

Has anyone installed Thetis on Linux using Wine?  Any pointers would be appreciated.

[Steve Haynal]

See this:

https://groups.google.com/g/hermes-lite/c/O0ZxO2I_drs/m/_T14rvC9AgAJ

73,

Steve

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[Ron Lewkowicz]

I expect it will be a lot of grief to setup and ultimately won't end well.  MS is pushing dotnet6 in preparation for their switch to Linux.

On Linux I use piHPSDR https://github.com/dl1ycf/pihpsdr.  I have installed the upstream version of Pipewire which combines the Pulseaudio system which is used by the SDR program and Jack which lets me run a Carla rack with studio grade audio signal chain for the microphone.  I bought the HL2 because it can be operated with piHPSDR. I had been using piHPSDR with a Soapy connector for an RTL-SDR receiver and absolutely loved it. 

[Digiital aka David]

I'm a die-hard linux user . I tried several things, virtual-box(VB) and the VB worked for the most part but problems started to pop-up and I finally gave up wasting time trying to get it to work. The VB was pushing with my desktop(older i7) and just ended up buying a i5 from FB marketplace for $40 and works GREAT. 

When you start to mess around with things like Virtualcables  thats not going to work with Wine, and likely issues with VB as well. 

Just get yourself a dedicated windows box. 

[MaQ Gi]

I manage to run latest Thetis from mi0bot and connect it to HL2+ on Linux Mint 23.1 Cinnamon
To do that i did follow:
- install latest wine:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install dirmngr ca-certificates software-properties-common apt-transport-https curl -y
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
curl -s https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/winehq.gpg > /dev/null
echo deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/winehq.gpg] http://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ jammy main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install winehq-stable --install-recommends
wine --version
- Setup wine for 64bit and .net framework
rmdir .wine
WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine winecfg
WINEPREFIX=~/.wine winetricks dotnet48 vcrun2019 mfc42
- download and install Orca to modify Thetis.msi file (remove all Defender firewall settings)
wine msiexec /i ~/Downloads/Orca.Msi
wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Orca/Orca.exe
-Remove the Firewall Rules

Look for the CustomAction or InstallExecuteSequence tables, as these control the steps executed during installation.Specifically, search for entries related to the following:
TCP In-bound Firewall rule  UDP In-bound Firewall rule Any references to Firewall, netfw, or TCP/UDP.When you find these entries, you delete them

- Save the Modified MSI and run
wine msiexec /i ~/Downloads/Thetis-v2.10.3.6x64-HL2-beta5.msi
- run Thetis via wine.. I do setup follow this page:

https://github-wiki-see.page/m/softerhardware/Hermes-Lite2/wiki/Thetis-Setup

with one change on General/ H/W Select i have to use static Ip cause my HL2 connects directly as Link-Local Only

Well.. I'm not sure if will be using Thetis like this cause its budget small Laptop Dell Latitude 7280 made for portable operation and Thetis is heavy - leads to high cpu usage, heat fun noise and generally pure performance (slow responsibility)
While SDR++ Brow is light and performing very good