VarAC on Linux/Pi/Mac

I've had VarAC installed and working on a Raspberry Pi400 and it kind of works (sort of), but extremely sluggish.

I'm working on trying it on a regular PC now with obviously more processing power to see if I can get it working better. I have Andy's Ham Radio Linux distro installed and working fine. I have WSJTX, FLdigi....etc. all working well - and faster!

I'm running the install script on WheezyE's page that has worked fine on the Pi. I keep running into a problem where AutoHotkey won't install.

Downloading AutoHotkey . . .
AutoHotkey download failed!
Winelink installation failed.
If a download failed, please check your internet connection and try re-running 
the script.

I did manually install Wine, but does it need Wine-devel?

Is there a different method for getting VarAC running on a Linux PC?

Thanks!

Tom KA7VIK