The following is a guide to installing HyperRESEARCH 4.0.0 under WINE on Linux. While Researchware is unable to provide technical support expertise on Linux, we support HyperRESEARCH on any platform a customer has it running on. Researchware would like to extend a special 'thank you' to Mr. Ray Ambrosi for figuring out how to install HyperRESEARCH under WINE on Linux and, especially, for authoring this guide and granting us permission to publish it on our web site. Thank you Ray!
Install HyperRESEARCH in WINE
- Install WINE.
Be sure WINE is installed on your system. Go to your package manager and confirm it has been installed. I am running Kubuntu 17.10 and installed WINE as well as the QT GUI for WINE. I installed the latest version of WINE by adding the PPA according to instructions here: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/11/wine-2-21-released-how-to-install-it-via-ppa/
- Install HyperRESEARCH 4.0.
After WINE has been installed, navigate to the folder that contains HyperRESEARCH 4.0.
Right click on the executable file and select Q4Wine.
Q4Wine will run WINE and begin the installation. You should see the HyperRESEARCH installer appear. Follow the installation instructions. My installation took only a few seconds. Once the installer has issued a notification that it has completed, you can try out HyperRESEARCH.
- Start HyperRESEARCH to test it.
On your Linux OS start button, look for the menu entry entitled WINE. Follow the submenus until you can double-click on HyperRESEARCH. It should start immediately.
- Install Apple Quicktime.
If you want to use HyperRESEARCH to play, code, and analyze videos, you’ll need to install Apple Quicktime. Download it here https://support.apple.com/kb/DL837?locale=en_US
Navigate to the folder that contains Quicktime (usually in your “downloads” folder).
Right click on the executable file and select Q4Wine.
Q4Wine will run WINE and begin the installation of Quicktime installer. Follow the installation instructions. Once the installer has issued a notification that it has completed, start HyperRESEARCH and try using the video playback and coding functions.
- HyperRESEARCH should now work nearly flawlessly in WINE
NOTE: HyperRESEARCH will crash if you switch to another application that is also running in WINE and then click on the menu bar to try to return to HyperRESEARCH.
Workaround: When returning to HyperRESEARCH, avoid clicking on the menu bar. Instead, try to un-minimize or show any of the main windows (Study, Code Book, etc.) and click on the title bar of the window you want to work with, or any window, to make it active, before clicking on the menu bar. This should avoid the crash.
Editor's note: We anticipate the menu bar error will be resolved in the forthcoming 4.0.1 maintenance release.