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stanleyella

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Posted: 09:16pm 22 Feb 2026

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I downloased mmedit and extracted
changes.txt
install.txt
mmedit6.tar.gz
mmedit5_32_64.exe
mmedit5_xp_portable.zip
readme.txt

I only recently installed linux mint and don't know how to install mmedit. Do I use wine?

TassyJim

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Posted: 09:34pm 22 Feb 2026

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I would start by reading readme.txt

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Grogster

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Posted: 12:21am 23 Feb 2026

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Open the folder where you extracted MMEDIT to from the downloaded ZIP file.

Right-click on the MMEDIT file(no extension)

Check that there is a tick in the "Execute" option - where it says to allow executing the file as a program. If there is a tick in that box already, that's good. If there is not a tick in that box, left-click it to put a tick in that box, then click the CLOSE button.

Double-click the MMEDIT file, and it should open.

If it does not, as per the readme.txt file, you may need to install a couple of extra packages. Copy and paste the following, into the terminal(open the terminal first!)

sudo apt-get install qtbase5-dev libqt5webkit5

Press ENTER, and Mint should go away to the internet, get those packages and install them.
If prompted for your password, enter it to continue.

That should get you up and running.

Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!

stanleyella

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Posted: 06:28pm 23 Feb 2026

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Thanks for the replies. I extracted the mmedit5.tar.gz file and now got desktop shortcuts to mmedit and mmcc. Great, another reason to not use win 11.
Mate cinnamon is easy to install and set up and easy enough to get the hang of.
regards stan.

stanleyella

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Posted: 09:53pm 23 Feb 2026

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When I tried to flash/load a prog to pico in mmcc select pico vga/hdmi, 11500
then there's tcpip or ttyusb0. neither connects?? it's not the connection cable, it works on win pc. Is there something I got to do in linux?

TassyJim

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Posted: 02:46am 24 Feb 2026

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Are you a member of the dialout group?
I don't know if your version of Linux adds you automatically.

At a command prompt:
enter groups
That will list all the groups you belong to. If dialout is not in the list, you will have to add yourself to it.

There are others here who are much better qualified than me to advise you.

There was a book "Linux for dummies" many years ago. It is still useful and I expect there have been updates since I bought my copy.

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JohnS
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Posted: 08:05am 24 Feb 2026

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We've been round this before.

Yes you need to be in dialout and if just addded you need to log out & back in.

Next, look at the details of /dev/ttyUSB0 or /dev/ttyACM0 and see which user & group it has.

John

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