{"id":364,"date":"2022-12-03T15:09:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T15:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starscape-experiences.space\/?p=364"},"modified":"2022-12-03T15:16:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T15:16:38","slug":"installing-vspec-in-10-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starscape-experiences.space\/index.php\/2022\/12\/03\/installing-vspec-in-10-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"Installing VSpec in 10 steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Flashing the image and accessing your Astroberry in your local network should be straightforward<\/a>. Once the local network is set up in Astroberry you simply type astroberry.local<\/em> in your favorite browser and the image below should appear:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Welcome screen of the Astroberry OS running on the Pi4 board.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Installing Vspec is a little bit more complicated (but not impossible) and requires following these steps (valid on 13\/08\/2022):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Vspec is designed to run on Windows machines (i686 architectures) and not on Astroberry (arm architectures) we must use an emulator. The following steps are performed on the Pi4 running Astroberry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Open a terminal<\/strong>.<\/li>
  2. First, download the vspec440_setup.exe<\/a> and make sure you are in the folder where you downloaded it when you perform the next steps. In my case I have a folder called VSpec440 in Downloads so I just run cd Downloads\/VSpec440<\/em>.<\/li>
  3. Install exagear<\/em> to emulate an i686 architecture as VSpec cannot run on arm architectures. I have used the exagear_3428-1_arm64.deb<\/a> package on my Pi4 board. Be sure to apply the patch<\/strong><\/mark> as indicated in this tutorial<\/a>!<\/li>
  4. Run exagear <\/em>by typing exagear in the terminal. This will emulate an i686 architecture. Type arch <\/em>to check. If you see something similar to the image below you are on the right path!
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  5. Install wine <\/em>(I installed version 3 available on the default repo). Run the following commands in the terminal:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    sudo apt-get update<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    sudo apt-get install wine –fix-missing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Run sudo winecfg<\/em> and check emulate a virtual desktop in the setup window<\/em> (I found that this step is not really needed).<\/li>
    2. Install winetricks <\/em>as the Visual Basic runtime<\/strong> required for VSpec must be installed:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      wget “https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/Winetricks\/winetricks\/master\/src\/winetricks<\/a>“<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      chmod +x winetricks<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      1. Install the VB6 runtime by typing in the terminal:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        winetricks vb6run comctl32ocx comdlg32ocx richtx32 mdac28<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        1. Install VSpec by typing in the terminal:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          wine vspec440_setup.exe<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Follow the instructions. I installed everything in C:\\<\/em> not in Program Files<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          1. Run VSpec by typing in the terminal:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            wine \u2018C:\\Visual Spec\\vspec.exe\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

            1. When done close the wine <\/em>window and exit exagear <\/em>by typing exit<\/li>
            2. Check you actually exited by typing arch<\/em> in the terminal. You should see armv7l <\/em>displayed.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              You should also have a new icon <\/strong>on your desktop. Just click it. When prompted click Execute<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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              Visual Spec installed on Astroberry.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n
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              The Visual Spec interface accessed in Astroberry.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

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