# Possible bug - Builder crashes when typing a dollar sign into a text component

**URL:** <https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/possible-bug-builder-crashes-when-typing-a-dollar-sign-into-a-text-component/24451>\
**Category:** Builder\
**Tags:** text\
**Created:** [August 8, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/possible-bug-builder-crashes-when-typing-a-dollar-sign-into-a-text-component/24451 "2021-08-08T17:37:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/possible-bug-builder-crashes-when-typing-a-dollar-sign-into-a-text-component/24451/32 "2023-04-14T22:23:24Z")

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Hi @Catherine_Hanson

Unless you are absolutely confident that you are getting reliable timing, I would really advise against using Wine in this case, since the “extra layer” could cause undesired / unpredictable delays. Have you considered installing PsychoPy “directly” on your Ubuntu using [this tutorial](https://discourse.psychopy.org/t/how-to-install-psychopy-2022-2-4-on-ubuntu-22-04-using-virtualenv/30125) (or any other you may find)?

About the location of paramsCtrl.py: I’ve never used Wine myself to install `Psychopy-2023.1.2.exe`, so I don’t know where the .exe installer send it to. Have you tried searching for the file using Nautilus / Files?

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