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Winlink Express: New app#2983

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@joltcan joltcan commented May 31, 2026

Adds Winlink Express (formerly RMS Express), the standard ham radio client for the Winlink radio email network. Works together with software modems such as VARA FM/HF and ARDOP.

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  • Installs Wine via the Pi-Apps Wine installer (x86/x64), then vb6run pdh_nt4 sound=alsa via winetricks (skipped if a VARA modem already configured the prefix).
  • The version is detected dynamically from the winlink.org directory listing.
  • Runs the official Inno Setup installer silently through Wine under xvfb-run (/VERYSILENT /NORESTART), so install-time setup (registry, file placement) is handled by the real installer.

Dependencies installed: xvfb (provides xvfb-run, required to run the GUI installer headlessly), plus Wine.

Includes install, uninstall, description, credits, website, and icons.

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