Lego Mindstorms EV3 Home Edition

What works

The overall program.

Communication with brick using WiFi.

What does not

The animations of the robots in the lobby glitch.

Communication with brick with USB and Bluetooth.  (Confirmed, filed bug 39962) (Wifi works though, just tested).

Workarounds

What was not tested

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

I use the Edimax EW-7811UN WiFi Adapter (needs firmware version 1.08 or higher). Since firmware updates need USB, you will need to use a Micro$oft Window$ computer or virtual machine to update the firmware.

NOTE: EV3 VERB IS INCLUDED IN THE LATEST VERSION OF WINETRICKS, USE UPDATED INSTRUCTIONS ON VERSION 1.2.1.

Here are the instructions to install the program (does not work on Ubuntu 14.04, but does on Ubuntu 15.10):

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wine/wine-builds && sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install --install-recommends winehq-devel winbind libntlm0 ttf-mscorefonts-installer winetricks

Make sure the folder ~/.wine32 does not exist.
$ WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 WINEARCH=win32 wineboot

Choose "No" on any prompts to download gecko or Mono

$ WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 winetricks

Select the default prefix, and click OK

Select "Install a Windows DLL or Component"

Install all vcrun2005, .NET version 4.0, and IE 8.

Select "Change settings"

Check ddr=gdi, and select OK (this fixes sections of the window turning white)

Click "Cancel" twice to exit winetricks

Download "IE8-WindowsXP-KB2936068-x86-ENU.exe" from the Microsoft website

$ WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 wine '/IE8-WindowsXP-KB2936068-x86-ENU.exe'

$ WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 winecfg

In the libraries tab, add an override for "*urlmon.dll", making sure to include the *

Select the override just created, and click "Edit..."

Choose Native, and click OK

Click Apply, then OK

Download the installer from:
http://esd.lego.com.edgesuite.net/digitaldelivery/mindstorms/6ecda7c2-1189-4816-b2dd-440e22d65814/public/LMS-EV3-WIN32-ENUS-01-01-01-full-setup.exe  (for version 1.1.1) or
http://esd.lego.com.edgesuite.net/digitaldelivery/mindstorms/6ecda7c2-1189-4816-b2dd-440e22d65814/public/LMS-EV3-WIN32-ENUS-01-01-full-setup.exe  (for version 1.0.1)

$ WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 wine '(path to setup file)/LMS-EV3-WIN32-ENUS-01-01-01-full-setup.exe' (or LMS-EV3-WIN32-ENUS-01-01-full-setup.exe)
Install the software.

Delete the .lnk file on the desktop, it is unnecessary and could cause problems

Double-click the launcher on the desktop to open the program.

If the WiFi is not working, run:

sudo service ufw stop