WireEdit on Ubuntu 16.04/18.04/20.04 LTS Desktop ------------------------------------------ Last changed 08/19/2020 1) Create a WireEdit home folder, move the archive there and untar: mkdir ~/wireedit; cd ~/wireedit mv ~/Downloads/WireEdit-Ubuntu-.tar.gz . tar xvf WireEdit-Ubuntu-.tar.gz 2) Set files ownership to yourself just in case: sudo chown $USER:$(groups $USER | awk '{print $1}') * 3) Change the default font (fixes minor visual artifacts) gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 'Ubuntu 10' 4) Additional libs/modules to be installed: For 16.04: sudo apt install libgnutls-dev For 18.04: sudo apt install libgnutls28-dev sudo apt install libqt5widgets5 sudo apt install libcanberra-gtk-module For 20.04: cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu; sudo ln -s libgnutls.so.30 libgnutls.so sudo apt install libqt5widgets5 sudo apt install libcanberra-gtk-module 5) Run: ./wireedit