[Bug] Console Command Line broken Ubuntu

[nprime496]

Describe the bug

I have some artefacts in console input, some sort of placeholder making it really difficult to read what I'm typing. As you can see (in screenshot below) , any input of mine is messed up and sometimes some random text appear. Also, deleting tokens leads to a kind of exception fixme:console_write, I couldn't find any logical behavior. It looks like there's a problem with IO handling on command prompt.

To Reproduce I just installed the software.

Screenshots

Desktop (please complete the following information):

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04
• Python version 3.8
• Wine 7.0
• OpenBB 1.4.0

[deeleeramone]

Have you updated any system packages recently? It can sometimes clear up issues with Linux users.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y cmake gcc
pip install cmake

[piiq]

Hey @nprime496 👋 Do i understand correctly that you are using the windows installer through Wine on linux?

[nprime496]

Hey @nprime496 👋

Do i understand correctly that you are using the windows installer through Wine on linux?

Yes

[piiq]

We have an AppImage in the works, that will eliminate the need to use Wine

I'll point this issue to a PR once it's there so you can check out native linux package before the release

[hjoaquim]

@nprime496 in the meantime the docker installation might be a good alternative: https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBBTerminal/blob/main/openbb_terminal/README.md#docker-installation

[Chavithra]

Closing this issue since it's pending for a while.

Feel free to open another ticket or reach us on Discord.