How to install Windows software on Linux [Step by step]
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- Here is an easy method to use many Windows programs & games in Linux. This method won't work for every Windows program out there, but it will allow you to install and run many of them.
In this tutorial, we'll walk through the process step by step so you can use Windows applications in Linux using a Linux app called Bottles.
Bottles uses Wine and Proton in its back end to create environments to run Windows software in Linux with ease using Bottles' graphical user interface.
I should mention that this method won't run all Windows software. There are some programs that require more Windows system resources than Bottles can provide.
For the walk-through, I'll demonstrate how to use Bottles by installing Ableton Live LE in Peppermint 10.
This method works in most Linux operating system that can use Flatpaks.
Some of the Linux distros Flatpaks can be installed on:
● Ubuntu ● Arch ● Peppermint OS
● Fedora ● Debian ● Manjaro
● Endless OS ● CentOS ● Garuda Linux
● Chrome OS ● Solus ● Zorin OS
● Red Hat ● Gentoo ● OpenSUSE
● Linux Mint ● Pop!_OS ● Elementary
● OpenSUSE ● EndeavourOS ● MX Linux
(and many more)
I've successfully used bottles in a few of the operating systems listed above but haven't tested it on all of them.
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00:00 Tutorial objective
00:22 How the Bottles app works
01:01 Flatpak setup in Linux
04:01 Reboot computer
04:10 Bottles application install
05:03 Reboot computer
05:17 Add Bottles launcher to the panel (optional)
06:05 Launch Bottles
06:30 Create a new 'Bottle'
07:13 Install a Windows app
08:01 Run the Windows app
08:34 Outro
08:56 Music credits
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Dude, I was struggling trying to get some windows executables to work with wine in Linux Mint, I pretty much gave up until I stumbled upon your bottles tutorial. Everything works flawlessly now. Thank you so much for this!!
Thanks, I'm very happy to hear of your success!
I still think it's easier to Dual boot the Real systems.
I was thinking the same thing. I installed bottles already but kept running into issues and I suppose it's becuase I avoided the big download button that was on the flatpak site this time...
Well, I didn't know about Bottles so I learned something new today... thanks for sharing.
My pleasure 😊
Dude! Thx so much! I’ve been looking for weeks now for how to install Windows apps with no success & errors. And this program is awesome what I needed! My app was missing crucial dependences & this is the only program that knows & allows me to install everything I need! Praise Jesus! Keep up the good work! God bless you!
Glad I could help!
Great video, I didn’t think running a windows program on Linux was possible but I’m happy I found your video. Very easy steps to follow 😀👍🏾
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. Although it doesn't work for all Windows programs it will work for many of them. 🐧
Thank you, it was easy to follow and great explanations. I can't wait to see more.
Awesome, thank you!
brilliant - it took ages to find a good tutorial like this one. Thanks
@scottrutter283 So glad you found my channel. Cheers!
Great video, simple and crisp explanations!!!
Much appreciated!
Never tried bottles to run windows programs before watching your video. Awesome stuff .
Bottles is continuously improving thanks to the amazing work the developers are doing. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Your tutorial is amazing and easy to follow, very helpful for beginners like me
Thank you, I appreciate the kind words.
This is preaty good, you've gained a new sub lad
Cheers mate!
Thank you for making a video explaining it so easy. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, will do!
This video is very informative and entertaining to watch! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
production quality on this video is insane excellent work sir
Much appreciated!
Nice simple guide to using Bottles, great work mate!
@AudiosapienChannel Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you!
The only tutorial that works for me!
Glad it helped!
Amazing video...Sadly, I still could not get the Windows program to work yet I enjoyed your video immensely!
Thanks! Yeah at the moment Bottles doesn't work for all Windows apps but the developers are continuously improving it. Some programs that didn't work for me in the past now work so it's getting better and better.
@@StaempunkTV brother can you install Microsoft office?
@@StaempunkTV with bottles?
Same question!
Valuable video. Thank you 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@mrmshifan I appreciate your comment. Cheers!
saved my life. I am just beginning to use it
Fantastic, your tutorials are great, thanks.
@wati52 You're very welcome!
I like your studio setup and the way you display your screens. Your wardrobe is interesting. Does your valet select which outfit you wear for podcasts?
Thank you so much. This is awesome thing.
Thank you for your video. Very interesting.
I actually tried running Bottles several years ago on a Slackware Installation. I attempted to load my favorite game, an old Monopoly game, but was unsuccessful. I will try the new version of Bottles and give it a try again.
Great video and hopefully it will work this time
Terrific job! Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Do these instructions apply to Zorin Pro OS 16 also?
@Javier Rodriguez Thanks for your comment! For Zorin, if you follow the Flatpak setup instructions here: flatpak.org/setup/Zorin%20OS and then go from there you should be up & running. Cheers!
I just want to tell u
you helped me a lot
Very nice app and video tutorial. Just subbed your channel.
Awesome, thank you!
Great video man, keep it up.
Thanks, will do!
Thanks from the UK 🇬🇧 👍
No problem 👍
Thanks💯 I think I'm moving with linux with my new workstation 👍🏾
Wow 😳👌
Thank you so much, that is a great idea 👌😎💪
very useful video . thank you very much.
@user-nt8fz3ru2d You are welcome
Many Thanks! You are Awesome!!
You are awesome for saying!
Hello it’s nice and easy to fallow tutorial. Please which Linux distro are you using and please recommend the best distro thanks
Thanks! For the video I was on Peppermint 10 as it is a great OS on older or underpowered hardware and is really stable. Peppermint hasn't been updated for a couple of years though so I've recently moved to MX Linux.
As far as recommending the best distro, it all depends on your hardware, your needs and personal preferences. The main things to look for in choosing an OS for daily use is stability, excellent support (forums etc) and hardware compatibility. Thanks for your comment & question.
Thanks for the tip - Perfect I think. I got Abelton Lite with some hardware but use mint. So hopefully if I can get my head around all that it should be the answer. Do you think it would be wise to get rid of wine totally before doing that and BTW for audio would you go with jack or just use ALSA.
sorry just read some other replies re wine and mint.
i got it right after a few try's, cheers mate. 👈👺👍
Great to hear. Persistence pays!
I learned something new today thanks
Awesome! Every day is a good day to learn new things :)
Cool video. May have to try that out. Side note: XFCE really needs a better way to add a launcher to the panel.
Thanks! I'm learning lot's about XFCE and recently found that you can actually drag a launcher from the Whisker Menu directly onto a Panel.
Quite a nice way, thank you
You are one of the best Linux presenters I found on UA-cam. I have installed WINE on Linux Mint 20.1 last year. Question, Do I have to UN-Install WINE if I wish to install Bottles? Your video here, was a fantastic intro to Bottles & I wish to try it
I've asked the Bottles devs and they said that because the Bottles Flatpak is completely independent, it shouldn't affect your previous Wine settings. Other packages (e.g. AUR) shouldn't conflict either but it depends on how WINE was packaged.
@@StaempunkTV TY very much!!
Wow!! That's amazing! Totally have to try that tomorrow! How about when you install a DAW through bottles, how do I go about installing VSTS for the DAW to recognize them though bottles environment?
Hey! You can convert your Windows VSTs to run in Wine with a program called LinVst: github.com/osxmidi/LinVst
I haven't been able to install some of the newer DAWs with Bottles but that said, I've been moving my workflow to using Ardour anyway as it fulfils all of my needs.
Good luck!
Really well done. I need to run an x86 Windows based program on my M1 MBP... Can I do this via this tutorial? It is a Dot Net based Application that is very beneficial in the RF Engineering I do. The MFG has locked the software to Only run on Windows and I used to run it on Parallels with a VM of Win 7 (x86 ).
Nice, i didn't know about bottles, way easier to setup wine, i always waste 40 min to setup wine from scratch.
Absolutely, it's such a time saver. I appreciate the comment!
I have gallium os installed on a old chromebook but I couldn't get winehq installed but you're method worked so thanks. Do you know if you can run apk files.
Hi mate, great video.. 🔥is there a way to create a vm that runs windows on ubuntu vps so i cN run my teading software on it 24 7. Id be interested in that please 🙂
excellent vid.. im subscribing rn
Welcome aboard!
Thank you for the awesome step-by-step guide on Bottles! I can confirm that I was able to get an older version of Microsoft Office 2007 installed and running via Bottles under Linux Mint 20.3 64 bit xfce after watching this video. It's not 100 percent perfect, but much easier than trying to do this through Wine or any other alternative. Now to see if I can totally abandon Windows altogether. Mwhahahahaha!!!! 😈
Great to hear, yep Bottles is pretty sweet! That freedom from not having to use Windows = amazing!
Thank you, teacher
@michaelkarismana_official2988 You are very welcome. Great guitar playing btw!
I'm using kubuntu and I can't seem to get steam app to open up in bottles , I sign in then nothing happens , lutris works fine for me for my games but I want to use a software that's on steam ,what do I do ?
Good channel with good content
Thanks!
Bottles wouldn't run the exe Installer of Rad Studio Delphi. I need it to do delphi programming on linux. I used wine to install it but upon running it I get errors that it cannot load certain files. Has anyone successfully installed Rad Studio on Linux?
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Thank you!!!
Welcome!
so much easier than wine. ty
Glad to help.
After clicking "run executable".
I have my file on "other locations" but I don't see my drive in there. Do I have to change in disk settings?
I using zorin os 16
very useful channel
nicely done!!! your explanation and video crafting skills are impressive.
I'm trying to install dvdvideosoft's "video to jpg" program which is not in any xubunto repository (that I can find). how do you create a bottle for a non-repository program???
@Ukepa Thanks for the your cool comment! To install Video to JPG, download the Windows installer from the DVDVideoSoft website and then install it using Bottles. Bottles is specifically designed for Windows apps only though. Hope this helps.
nice instructions, and what about ports like USB and COM and (configurable) network? only why i'm using windows are specific programs for servicing security, access control and cctv systems so ports are mandatory for people like me
@thomasw.6945 I haven't tried myself but if you ask on the Bottles forum they might be able to help
I have installed Bottles version 2022.2.28-trento-4. Once a bottle is created it sandboxes pretty much everything
in the Bottle and so anything downloaded in Linux cannot be installed. Bottles file manager simply does not see
any files. Just directories. As it is, this software may be very nice, but is kinda useless if nothing can be installed.
I tried wine & bottles but none of them are opening resso.exe [resso music player!] Can you please suggest any other softwares? I'm on zorin
Thanks !! Great !!
Question: Have you ever tried Microsoft Office 2021 in Linux ?? Is it working well ??
@bertvantol9669 The last version I used was MS Office 2010 and it worked well. These days I only use Libre Office as the newest version is amazing and a great MS Office replacement. Cheers!
@@StaempunkTV -- THANKS
cool video. How do i get a downloaded software to be installed using bottles?
Great thx. Dose Adobe stuff work with it too?
@rezaVfx Cool. I use Photoshop 2020 using Bottles.
Oh wow thats cool. so Bottles is like a graphics front end to configure WINE? Kinda wanted that.
Yeah totally, it makes life a little easier.
Alwais great! 👍🏻
Thank you! Cheers!
Do you know what's easier ?
sudo apt install wine64 for 64 bit systems and sudo apt install wine for 32 bit systems. So now you can double click on .exe and run it
Ez , right ?
Using Bottles, how do we install Windows programs that require NET 3.5/4/etc. before we can install the app?
Very useful video.
Glad it was helpful!
@@StaempunkTV but it doesnt work for every Windows software.
I was so sad to see it was Ableton Live 8 you were referring to, as opposed to a newer version one would have wanted to install... I'm not very well versed in the world of WINE, but would the process for installing, let's say, Ableton Live 11 be similar to this one? Great video, thank you!
Please tell me if you find a way
In new Linux distros you don't need to reboot after installing flatpak app
Cool, that's good to know. If my potato laptop was able to run a newer OS than Peppermint (Ubuntu 18.04), that would be such a time saver. I've found in Peppermint I sometimes have to reboot and other times I don't.
Sweet!
i'm running zorin os 17 which comes with bottles preinstalled. do i need to install flatpack?
@rsquaremedia-innovationlab Zorin comes with Flatpak preinstalled so you won't need to install it.
I'm new to Linux Mint Cinnamon...let me go do the needful.
Thank you Sir
@johnnnachi3120 Welcome!
what i need to do if i get Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root? after i tipide sudo apt install flatpak
Hi, what Linux OS are you using?
Thanks a lot for this tutorial
I was looking for a video just like this
Wine was a bit complicated for me
This just work as i intended
Can i ask a thing pls ?
I wanna run Adobe premiere pro cracked
So should i use gaming thing or the software thing ?
Glad it helped! You're probably best to use the software thing for the software you're 'evaluating' and gaming for games 😉
@@StaempunkTV thanks a lot dude 🙂
And do I need to do anything special when installing a game for the bottles environment to also recognize a controller?
I guess it depends on what hardware you want to use and the OS you're running. Here are a few good articles that may help:
www.makeuseof.com/tag/get-game-controllers-running-linux/
www.tomshardware.com/news/sonys-playstation-5-controller-can-now-be-used-with-linux
techviral.net/setup-an-xbox-one-controller-in-ubuntu/
What about running Windows in a virtual machine?
Is have never done so, but I heard some techie friends mention it.
Yep Windows can be run in a virtual machine but you'll have to have a copy of the Windows installer (plus activation keys) to do so. I might make a video showing how to in the near future.
Thanks!
Cool as!
Hello! Very good vid where can I download exe files?
does drag and drop not work from the menu to the sidebar? did that change? you did alot of work just to put it on the bar
It does work so I discovered after I made the video. Cheers!
Can you tell me whether I should start over with installing flatpak as it keeps saying I need later version when I try to install bottles I think it says 1.1.2 required.
Yep, worth a try
@@StaempunkTV Strange, bottles installed and loaded ableton lite but it says wont load something about wineboot process. also the font and dialogue box is very small too. Something amiss.
i want to run qbasic from windows 95 ... will it work in bottles?
Bottles can emulate Windows back to Windows XP so I'm not sure if it will run Qbasic from Windows 95.
Have you tried installing MS Office in it? or maybe Photoshop? It looks promising but most of the ones i've tried has some kind of drawbacks and before I do it, it would atleast be good to know them beforehand. Awesome video fam.
@samadrianp.sabalo4272 I've got Photoshop working but haven't tried with MS Office. You could always uninstall Bottles if it doesn't work. Thanks for commenting!
@@StaempunkTV Thanks Man
after installing and restarting my device, I look up bottles click open & it just keeps loading never opens. Any tip would be helpful
@julius56 Hi, what Linux OS are you using?
is there a way to know the limits or what can it run and whats not ?.if it can run solidworks i will not use windows anymore
@blackend00 It's really a matter of trial and error. There are some apps that won't install and others that do. Most apps that I use like Photoshop CC and Ableton Live can be installed fine. The cool thing is that if you try to install an app (like Solidworks) and it doesn't work, there is no affect to the rest of your system as everything takes place in the Bottles app. Good luck!
Hello, can I install Camtasia Studio by using bottles in Ubuntu 20.04 ?
Hi Simeon, I've just tried (in Ubuntu 18.04) but it had problems installing the required .NET Framework so I'd have to say nope.
I installed bottles, on a fresh install of MX 21.1, via the flatpak repo, that comes with MX Linux. It installed, and opened,but at first run, it tells you it needs to install "runners", it did nothing, it just said downloading, but nothing finished. Any ideas? Thank you.
@Robert Maxa Perhaps check your internet connection, that's usually the reason runners don't download at install. You should be prompted to download the required runners when you create a new Bottle anyway so don't worry about the install missing the step. The manual is really good and the Bottles developers are really helpful too and can be reached on Twitter.
docs.usebottles.com/getting-started/installation
twitter.com/usebottles
@@StaempunkTV Thank you, I appreciate the help.
Thanks - I didn't know about Bottles. Can I ask: How do I go about installing VSTs in Linux?
@Tommy Smith Cheers! What Linux OS are you wanting to use VSTs in?
@@StaempunkTV Hey... I'm using POP!_OS. To be honest, although I'm no stranger to Linux, I usually use Windows. However, I'm trying (slowly) to move my workflows to Linux. A big part of my everyday work is making music. I've managed to install Reaper (although I'd prefer to use StudioOne). But here's where I'm stuck: installing and using VSTs. So any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks again.
@Tommy Smith Cool, I haven't spent much time using Pop!_OS mainly because I don't have a powerful enough computer so I've been using AVL-MXE [www.bandshed.net/avlinux/] for my audio work. All of my gear works with it, even an ancient MBox1 and it's fast, stable and easy to use. It has an app called LinVst which allows the use of Windows VST plugins using Wine Staging. I'm planning to do a video on it after my upcoming series on MX Linux. I'm looking forward to moving all of my workflow into the Linux realm but like you, am still having to use Windows & MacOS for some of my work. Cheers!
@@StaempunkTV Cool... I look forward to that video... can't wait! Thanks.
Can it run drivers of Tp link T3u wireless wifi adaptor ????
I'm not sure if Bottles will run the TP Link driver but this may help:
tutorialforlinux.com/2021/09/22/realtek-rtl8822bu-debian-bullseye-driver-installation-step-by-step/
the next question i have for you broski is how do we install vsts to run in ableton through bottles ?
@locutz Go to your home directory and press Ctrl + H to show hidden folders. Then navigate to:
(Substitute "Ableton-Live-10" with whatever your version is called)
.var/app/com.usebottles.bottles/data/bottles/bottles/Ableton-Live-10/drive_c
From there you should be able to find where your VSTs normally reside in Windows and then point to them when you're in Ableton. Good luck!
Didn't work with the msi installer. I wanted to installed Microsoft Edge due to its read aloud capability which is not there in its Linux version.
I don't use MS Edge but you might be able to install a text to speech extension for Edge from:
microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/search/text%20to%20speech
I would like to report success. I managed to get bottles running, and create a bottle. I actually followed the destructions, for a generic Debian installation, using the terminal. I didn't need to install the GNOME plugin. With MX Linux, I wasn't supposed to need to go through all the hoops, but, whatever works, right? Thanks.
Great to hear! Well done getting it to work Robert. Always great to hear of your success.
Hi I tried installing Total recorder (tr860pe.exe) from High Criteria, failed miserably. Can you help?
@Navin Patel Hi, although Bottles is great, it certainly doesn't install 100% of Windows apps. I'm stretched for time right now but I'll have a look at trying to install Total Recorder at some point to see what the issue might be. Cheers
Check out RootsMagic 8 and let us know if that will work in Lunux Mint 20.3. I suspect it will have troubles.
I'll have a look when I have the time. Bottles is a great program but at this point in time, it doesn't work with every program out there. Thanks for your comment!
Don't know if you can help? I'm trying to download Catalyst Control Suite which is my graphic card client. I'm able to go through the whole installation process but and it seems to be successful, but the program never shows up under 'programs'. I've done it multiple times and I just keep going through the installation process over and over again. I tried to do the installation process from the programs tab but it just comes up with an error and won't even 'install'. Do you know of any possible fixes or solutions?
@Little Wing I don't have experience with the Catalyst Control Suite but I'd guess that because it is a system controller it will likely be incompatible in Linux because the Linux system is different from the Windows system so the 'folders and files' that it will look for to operate won't exist even if you were able to install it.
The AMD website has a page about proprietary drivers that might have helpful info:
www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-lin-13-1
@@StaempunkTV Amazing. Thank you so much for your advice!
I have a question i am using a double boot and technically I have Ubuntu and windows 10.
How ever my Ubuntu can still find my windows software programs who do exist in a different drive for Windows.
So my question is can I use buttuls just to link it to my windows software and just run it on Ubuntu
If I understand the question correctly, the answer would be no. You will need to install the windows software into Bottles. Bottles itself actually creates 'environments' for each program/game you install into it.
@@StaempunkTV
Well this sucks
Sence technically I already did install the programs they exist i only want to open them and use them in Ubuntu let's say.
But if I have to reinstall the software+ all the buttuls stuff ugh ...
@@StaempunkTV
Well I must ask can i use an external hard drive after i install buttuls and just run my windows software from a external hard drive.
Didn't work for me.... I'm going back to Wine.....
Can you update this ? Everything works until you get to the 438100 part ( it’s saying it’s not found )
@De'Azhane carter I'm not sure what you mean by the 438100 part. Could you elaborate?
How do you install this on MX 21 ? I'm and old Gamer and have a library of games dating back to the early 90's. And have MX on a XPS Laptop just to run those old games on. It is a new installation on MX.
@dirtybird2202 I've never been much of a gamer so I'm probably not the best person to ask. If you ask on the MX Linux forum, someone is bound to be able to help you. It's a helpful and cool community there.
@@StaempunkTV Thank You i will check it out when RL quits hitting me in the face lol
How to install virtual DJ in linux ???
It's good but in the flatpak version it's quite buggy, so need to adjust oneself it's also available in MX linux's test repo but it's unstable...
I've tried the test repo version too but like you said, it's unstable. The devs seem to be quite active on this app so I'm sure down the track the bugs will be ironed out. I appreciate your input. Cheers!
Tried running iTunes on bottles on Linux mint and it never worked right
Great tip about Bottles! Thank you! I was trying to install Filmora via Wine, but it was glitchy. It works with bottles (eh, those drunk programmers!), however I cannot import a video clip that is on my Linux system into the Filmora environment (I guess it's because it's in a Sandbox?). Can you advise me on how can I trick the system, so I can open/import a video from Linux into the software running in Bottles?
@No More Wars Thanks for the question. If you do a search using say Catfish for Filmora, it should show you where your "C:" drive is. On my computer I have a shortcut to the directory located at:
/proc/5301/cwd/drive_c/users/staempunk/Documents
There I put files I wish to open in my Windows apps.
@@StaempunkTV Thanks for the reply :D I know where the C: drive is, but I cannot drag or copy/paste a file in it. I was wondering if there is a special way. I'm new to Linux.
@@StaempunkTV What is Catfish? Is it a search engine?
@No More Wars Catfish is a file search tool. I only mentioned where the Bottles/Wine C: drive is because it is different to your main Linux drive. What is the location of your C: drive and may I ask what Linux distro you are using?
@@StaempunkTV I found it! It works today :) A new day - a new chance. Thank you! :)