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  1. Getting started

Installation

We currently only offer Bottles as a flatpak package

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The Flatpak package is the only fully sandboxed version. It bundles all the needed dependencies and tools and works on most distributions .

This is the most supported and tested release of Bottles.

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Bottles Flatpak also provide a channel for testing purpose, maintained by our community. 1. Add the Flathub beta remote:

flatpak remote-add --user flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak update --appstream

2. Then install Bottles:

flatpak install --user flathub-beta com.usebottles.bottles

We need the following dependencies:

  • org.gnome.Sdk

  • org.gnome.Sdk.Compat.i386

  • org.freedesktop.Sdk.Extension.toolchain-i386

Download the latest bottles source from GitHub:

wget -O bottles-source.zip https://github.com/bottlesdevs/Bottles/archive/main.zip
unzip bottles-source.zip
cd Bottles-main 

Build can be performed using flatpak-builder (installable using your distribution package manager like apt, dnf, ..):

flatpak-builder --repo=bottles --force-clean --user build-dir com.usebottles.bottles.yml
flatpak remote-add --user bottles bottles --no-gpg-verify
flatpak install --user bottles com.usebottles.bottles

Then run using flatpak command:

flatpak run com.usebottles.bottles
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