Wine Launcher Creator missing dependency python-qt4 in Groovy

[pemartins]

I'm trying to install Wine Launcher Creator in Kubuntu 20.10 but it does not install due to missing dependencies (python-qt4).

Here's the google code link.
Here's the github link.

Is there a way of changing some line on the code or installing something else to make this work?

[claydoh]

Well, this 8+ year old code is using qt4, which has been deprecated for some time, and has been removed from most if not all distros by now (Ubuntu as of 20.04). I don't think this can simply be edited to work with Qt5.x ant pyqt, unfortunately.
Is this even necessary still? Last time I played with an actual Wine setup, menu entries were created automatically. I am sure this is not consistent or reliable.

[GreyGeek]

What Claydoh says.
Install these packages:
wine
wine-binfmt
fonts-wine
q4wine
wine32
wine64
winetricks.

The "q4wine" is NOT qt4 wine. Notice that the "t" is missing. It is q for wine.

You will have to enable "multiarch" for your system:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update

With those package on your system, and multiarch, you can install Windows programs.
I don't use POL (Play On Linux) but some people do.

Here is a video explaining how to install it:

Chris Titus also has an excellent video that explains how to use wine bottles:

[pemartins]

Once again thank you very much @claydoh for your help.

My issue which requires the creation of .desktop files are wine drm free games that do not require installation, in example all games from indiegala. Therefore there is no way of creating a launcher.
I tried creating a link for the file in the desktop folder (area) by drag-and-dropping the file and selecting the create link option but it does not include the working path, breaking the connection to all folders the game may have and need.

But as you asked if it was still necessary I recalled something about another application I once used that made something similar. I browsed my folder of loose deb files and found it, it's Arronax.
Already installed its latest version and tested it and was easily able to succeed in quickly creating desktop files that work So if there's no way of installing Wine Launcher Creator I'll use that Arronax.

EDIT: @GreyGeek just saw your answer, thank you very much for the help. I'll look into it.

[jlittle]

.desktop files can be quite simple, you can edit them with a text editor.

As well, you can create them using the KDE Menu Editor, right-click the Application Menu (at the far left of the default panel) and click "Edit Applications". Having them on a menu has the advantage that they persist there, even if you don't typically use them from the menu.

[GreyGeek]

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EDIT: @GreyGeek just saw your answer, thank you very much for the help. I'll look into it.

I forgot to mention that Q4Wine is a Wine GUI and when installed is in the Kmenu. After downloading an EXE one can right click on it while in Dolphin and choose "Open with Q4Wine", which will end up installing it and creating a Kmenu entry for it.

OR, one can simply open a Konsole, navigate to the location of an exe file and then enter:
wine some.exe
and it will run the wine installer. That's how I installed SpaceEngine-0.98
:~$ wine SE-0980-setup.exe

and all the other WinX programs I have installed.

[claydoh]

I'd recommend Lutris, think of it as a Steam-like game manager, I think it can create launchers, but I never used this feature, which might be useful for no-installer situations
I had forgotten about this tool, which I have used in the past.

[GreyGeek]

Ya, I forgot all about Lutris. Here is Chris Titus explaining it and how to install games using it.

I've never used Lutris and have no plans to do so. Since my grandson has stopped playing Minecraft I haven't touched it either and am contemplating removing it, SpaceEngine, and the Steam games I rarely play any more.