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    Working on ASUS laptop running Linux Mint 18.3

    Quote Originally Posted by loanrangie View Post
    Has anyone managed to get RAVE to run in a Linux enviroment ? my spare pc is running Kubuntu (or Vixta) and will relogated to workshop.
    It's been a while since I last posted...

    There is a howto I found for both Ubuntu and Mint - both of which are debian-based linux distros.
    How to Install Wine in Linux Mint / Ubuntu to Run Windows Apps | PCsteps.com

    Basically you install a package called WINE and run the RAVE.EXE program directly from the CD afterwards.

    Following the above instructions and it should work on most any debian-based linux (no need to install the developer version unless you want to hack about in/with wine).
    Certainly is working on Linux Mint.

    Once installed the above howto mentions how to install photoshop. Instead I just loaded the CD in the drive and right-clicked the RAVE.EXE and selected "Open with Wine".

    Haven't tried to print yet (new Mint install and no printer set up yet) but browsing through the workshop manual for a D2 is working fine.

    Cheers
    Peter

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    Update:
    You can also backup your rave CD to an "iso" file on your hard disk. This also allows you to view the manuals without the CD in the drive.
    It also speeds up the usage as the slow old CD drive is no longer a factor.

    Firstly open a terminal session as theseinstructions are all command line based.
    I tried using the file browser and "archive manager" gui programs but there were issues with installing the adobe program correctly so command line it is...

    1. Make a directory to store your iso (must have at least 700MB disk space available)
    e.g. mkdir -p ~/Documents/rave

    2. With the CD in the drive find which device it is. Using the "df" command on my system it is /dev/sr0
    e.g. /dev/sr0 668662 668662 0 100% /media/peter/RR_D2_DF_FR

    3. Extract the CD contents into an iso image file using the dd utility
    e.g. dd if=/dev/sr0 of=~/Documents/rave/tave.iso bs=8000
    (if is input file, of is output file, bs is arbitrary blocksize)

    4. Mount the new iso image to a mount point so we can access its contents as if it was the CD.
    e.g. sudo mount ~/Documents/rave/rave.iso /mnt
    (don't worry about the write-protected/read-only message)

    5. Run the RAVE.EXE and browse the contents.
    a) For the command line users:
    e.g. wine /mnt/RAVE.EXE

    b) For GUI users open your file browser/explorer and browse to the /mnt directory. Right click on the RAVE.EXE and select open with wine.

    6. When you're done simply close all the RAVE windows/sessions and unmount the image:
    e.g. umount /mnt

    The ~/Documents/rave/rave.iso image file will be there for next time.
    Last edited by knp; 5th March 2018 at 07:07 AM. Reason: Update

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    Wow Peter,, ten years,,

    nice dig..



    I am curious if this is still a problem ??
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    Rave on Linux ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift View Post
    Wow Peter,, ten years,,

    nice dig..



    I am curious if this is still a problem ??
    I’m a bit slow getting round to it. Rave on Linux ?

    Too much enjoying driving MrC I guess ... no problem that I know of I just like documenting things plus the quote “the cheapest pen outlasts the greatest memory”.

    I’ve rebuilt my laptop again now so will be running through these again shortly.

    Cheers

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