Can't get fusion to launch.

[builderdev212]

I came across this nifty project while browsing through github, and I thought I would give it a try. I would like to preface this with the fact that I have no experience with wine. The installation command ran fine, and nothing errored out while it was trying to install. However, when I tried to run the program I was greeted with the image attached. I ran

xterm -hold -e "/home/builder212/.local/applications/wine/Programs/Autodesk/fusion360-launcher.sh"

to achieve this. The autogenerated menu entry looked like this:

xterm -hold -e "./home/builder212/.local/applications/wine/Programs/Autodesk/fusion360-launcher.sh"

I'm certain this is most likely something I have configured incorrectly, but I'm not certain what that config issue could be. It is also possible that I missed another issue going over this exact issue, and if so my apologies. Any help would be appreciated.

[smirgol]

What operating system are you on? Maybe you're experiencing the same error as I did, where some things did not install properly.

[builderdev212]

I'm running on kubuntu 21.10. It is most certainly possible that I didn't install something beforehand as well. My wine installation could be an issue, but I have yet to figure out why.

[smirgol]

Ah yes, then you have run into the same issue as me. I've created a ticket for that issue: Ticket.

Basically you need to edit the install script fusion360-setup-wizard.sh, search for function ubuntu21_10 and right before the closing bracket insert cd $HOME/.wineprefixes/fusion360/INSTALLDIR/. It should look like this in the end:

function ubuntu21_10 {
    # Note: See the description in the function ubuntu21!
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get upgrade
    sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
    mkdir -p /tmp/360 && cd /tmp/360
    wget https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/xUbuntu_21.04/Release.key
    wget https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
    gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring ./temp-keyring.gpg --import Release.key
    gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring ./temp-keyring.gpg --export --output opensuse-wine.gpg && rm temp-keyring.gpg
    gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring ./temp-keyring.gpg --import winehq.key
    gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring ./temp-keyring.gpg --export --output winehq.gpg && rm temp-keyring.gpg
    sudo mv *.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ && cd /tmp && sudo rm -rf 360
    echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/opensuse-wine.gpg] https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine:/Debian/xUbuntu_21.10/ ./" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opensuse-wine.list
    sudo add-apt-repository -r 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ impish main'
    cd $HOME/.wineprefixes/fusion360/INSTALLDIR/
}

The last line is the fix. Save and reinstall, it should then work.

Edit: I should add that while the installation worked well for me after applying this fix, the script to actually run Fusion did not work for me for unknown reasons - the entry in my start menu just threw an error. To fix that I've copied that starter script that is included in this installer (download here) to a location of my choice, did a chmod+x on it, edited it to adjust the paths and then ran it from console, which then worked. Let me know if you have the same issue and need more help with it.

Edit2: You can find the install script here: ~/.wineprefixes/fusion360/INSTALLDIR/ Just edit it as described above and run it again in a console. You don't need to run the whole one-liner from the installation guide, just this script.

[builderdev212]

Thank you very much for the help! Your fix to the script did work, and it installed fusion without a hitch, though it did show some warnings that I don't believe were important. Fusion now loads with the script you gave, but it returns this error whenever I try opening the side menu. Once again, thank you very much for help on how to fix this, as I was very much in the dark before :P

[smirgol]

Yeah I have that too. It still kind of works when I click that message away a couple of times, though.

Also, Fusion crashes when I try to create a new save and use the drop-down to select a different project folder under "Position". Just give your project a name and hit save without selecting a different project folder.

Besides that, it tends to crash once in a while but works pretty good otherwise. Just save often and you should be good. :)

[builderdev212]

Hm, well you're right, it appears that it does go away and work after it happening a few times. Thanks for all the help! Most certainly couldn't have done it would you. :D