Install WinBoat

Hello,

How do I install WinBoat in KDE Linux OS?

Not being familiar with this software, it might fall under KDE Linux/Install software not available in Discover - KDE Community Wiki.

We also have en empty page for ā€œHow to install software only available on Windowsā€ that would probably be a better fit for documentation about how to do this once it’s fleshed out.

The page is currently empty because I have no interest or experience in running general non-game Windows software on Linux, and others who do have that interest and experience haven’t written the page yet.

Thanks guys,

I think I need to re-phrase my question:

I have downloaded and run ā€˜WinBoat-0.8.7-x86_64.AppImage’. I have been able to meet all the pre-requisites, but when the dialogue window asks where (location) to install the VM, I can’t write a path nor use the Select-button. Any ideas on how to fix this?

I don’t know. Since this is 3rd-party software, I think you’ll have to do some troubleshooting yourself.

For what it’s worth, it’s been my experience that despite AppImage apps being billed as ā€œuniversalā€ and ā€œruns anywhereā€, this is not really the case; most that I’ve used rely on a variety of assumptions about the host operating system that can be untrue and cause the AppImage-packaged app to not work properly.

Since KDE Linux is fairly un-traditional with its read-only /usr volume, it’s quite possible that the AppImage has made a bad assumption about something. Or maybe there’s just a bug in the embedded installer.

Good luck figuring it out!

Ok, thanks! :slightly_smiling_face: :sweat_smile:

Totte, have you tried Linux Wine? It does same things than WinBoat.

I have heard, that Wine can run Windows programs like MS Office and many others too.