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RootsMagic7 is a geneology software package for Windows that was able to download and install a few days ago with Q4Wine. It had a hang-up fault when trying to add a "fact" in the program. This is the same problem described here: RootsMagic 7.6.3 worked on Wine 4.0 Ubuntu 19.10 but not on Wine 5.0 Ubuntu 20.04

I followed the instructions he said was a fix from WineHQ here: https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu

This included the following steps:

  1. removed the Wine and dependent packages including Q4Wine, Winetricks, and PlayonLinux

  2. allowing 32 bit architecture sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

  3. downloading the repository key wget -O - https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo apt-key add -

  4. adding the repository sudo add-apt-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main'

  5. update the packages sudo apt update

  6. install the package sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

  7. allow raw IP packages dpkg-reconfigure wine-<branch>-amd64 wine-<branch> wine-<branch>-i386

RootsMagic7 would not even open. Tried installing Q4Wine, Winetricks, and PlayonLinux. Tried reinstalling RootsMagic7 and now it will not even install with Q4Wine. Any ideas other than building a bi-arch Wine? Here are the instructions to build a dual architecture sandbox for Wine: https://wiki.winehq.org/Building_Biarch_Wine_On_Ubuntu

Wine version is now 5.10 instead of 5.7 in the answer given at the first hyperlink.

My system info: Operating System: Kubuntu 20.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0 Qt Version: 5.12.8 Kernel Version: 5.4.0-37-generic OS Type: 64-bit Processors: 4 × AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics Memory: 62.8 GiB of RAM

The window for "add fact" is frozen after selecting a type of fact to add. All of the fact types disappear and the window freezes. All of the other buttons work on the frozen window, except "cancel" and the program is stuck. The system must be rebooted to get it to close.

Frozen Window

Maybe this is causing the problem, but I don't know how to fix it.

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Burndoggiest
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I installed the [WineHQ repo][1]https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu

During the upgrade from Ubuntu 19.10 to 20.04, I had this exact error. On Ubuntu 20.04 wine version 5.0 this is now resolved. Wine installed by sudo apt-get install wine and RootsMagic by wine ~/Downloads/RM7Setup.exe

Previously, I used the development branch (wine installed by sudo apt-get install winehq-devel) to resolve issue. This broke other applications, ie. GedSite 3.06 for which I use a dotnet 4.7.1 wine environment, somewhere between wine version 5.7 and 5.12. Every time wine version updates, I find the applications have to refresh ~/.wine (usually takes a few seconds longer than normal). Hope that helps.

Sildeag
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I followed these instructions to get Wine updated, on my Kubuntu 20.04 install:

How to Install Wine 5.12 in Ubuntu 20.04 / Linux Mint 20

After following the instructions, I launched my previous RootsMagic 7 Wine, and it updated, and successfully updated mono and gecko... and now it works.

Greenonline
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Matteo
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