Run Windows Programs With Bottles in Linux

[@JG-nm9zk]

Should have called it brandy. Wine but stronger

[@NovaspiritTech]

Hahaaha

[@LND3947]

It is container-like, so surely calling it "Port" would be more appropriate? Haha

[@MaxRiley]

ya genius! :)

[@colbyboucher6391]

Except it's not "improved Wine", it's creating Wine containers with other dependencies you might need.

[@iamwatchingthisvid.7682]

@@colbyboucher6391 so... it should be called barrels then.

[@cautionglassllc]

Bottles is THE program I hope to see get more traction, attention, and development right now!

[@itwasntworking1916]

Instructions unclear, installing with beer

[@XenRiddle]

Hey, that rhymes!

[@zombineutral]

My personal favorite has been Win-Apps for Linux. It has its issues, but when it does, I still find it faster and more reliant to just open the KVM and use Windows with a shared folder. This being compared to Wine or Bottles when using Excel, Word, and Adobe PDF.

[@PoeLemic]

This is very helpful. I really do like videos about virtualizing Windows so that I can move from the Windows environment to Linux. I'm new to Linux, so stuff like this is helpful.

[@nneeerrrd]

Hey, isn't Windows suxx in the first place the reason you're sitting Linux? Why trying so hard to mimic the so hated Windows for YEARS? 😁 Clowns 🤡

[@youtubepooppismo5284]

This is not virtualization

[@marythressia]

I think it's a compactibility layer..

[@essetee]

If you use flatpaks, flatseal is a must to have :)

[@SimilakChild]

If you use bottles on arch, you will notice it stopped working after the gtk4 (4.10) update, to fix that either downgrade back to the previous gtk4 version or uninstall the bottles AUR package completely and install the flatpak version instead, move all your configs and games to the new location and update your symlinks.

[@Henry-sv3wv]

better go with flatpak then cause Arch Linux doesn't like partial upgrades all that much

[@AskMoonBurst]

Okay so like... question though. Let's say "I want to run this program. It needs a dependency. Which one though?" Saying "You can pick out all the dependencies you need" doesn't help if there's no good way to know which dependencies might be needed. I tried bottles, but couldn't get most things to work because of that exact issue.

[@RogerioPereiradaSilva77]

In most cases the installers themselves will let you know what are the dependencies so you can simply install them separately. Most programs these days want the .Net runtimes and Bottles takes care of that by itself for the most part but every now and then you are gonna run into the odd old school app coded 10-15 years ago that will want the VB or VC++ runtimes of the day. Bottle makes that really easy compared to setting up separate Wine prefixes yourself. In fact, for simpler apps, it is either a click-n-run affair or a two-minute dependency tweak.

[@ThePlayerOfGames]

If you're having real trouble tick the "run with console" button and see if it puts any dependency errors in the console log

[@amroelkhodrai3048]

how was i living without this.. thanks man!

[@godned74]

This is great. I just recently escaped the windows overlord after 35 years of captivity.

[@PoeLemic]

Yeah, could you start showing us how you have virtualized different apps? Like some of the bigger ones -- Microsoft Office is a good example. Or, anything that is really bigger than Notepad or some things that are not available in Linux. So, you don't have to do Chrome, Firefox, etc. But, Microsoft Word or Excel would be nice. Or other things that most of us use on a daily basis.

[@nneeerrrd]

Hey, isn't Windows suxx in the first place the reason you're sitting Linux? Why trying so hard to mimic the so hated Windows for YEARS? 😁 Clowns 🤡

[@robsku1]

@@nneeerrrdYes, the OS does suck, but that doesn't mean there can't be software that's available only for it that some of us may want to use. Also despite it sucking, not all Linux users think it sucks, but they would rather run Linux instead. You seem to be waging some lame spam war - the capability to run programs made for a totally different OS is a plus, not a minus, you nimbler.

[@tonywalker8030]

Who you talking to ? ​@@robsku1

[@deultima]

I never really looked into Bottles because I assumed it was just another virtual server thing, but this looks dope. I'm totally installing this and playing with it tonight.

[@deultima]

@FaaizKZbin I don't really have experience with that, I was going to use Bottles for non-steam games. For Steam games I just use Proton-GE.

[@felipe_lopez]

Great video as always. Could you make a video about using bottles with Microsoft Office tools?

[@heyguyslolGAMING]

Tyvm for the vid. I'm reaching my breaking point w/ MS Windows and while I've looked into Linux several times in the past there was always some roadblock that kept me from making the jump. Seems like the jump is now more accessible than before so I'm def going to be looking to making the switch. I am beyond sick of using windows and the lack of control users have.

[@BeastRacid]

Respectfully, how am I supposed to know, which dependency do I need for specific executable? Not a single executable I've downloaded onto my Linux system was ever properly launched by bottles. I click on "launch" icon and nothing happens.

[@alexeiz]

Bottles is awesome. I use it to run Windows-only Amazon Music app.

[@zameerpashablr]

Thank you for your info...i was actually searching for it.

[@alieninvaders1188]

New linux user here. I’ve been having a lot of troubleshooting issues with bottles so I switched to Lutris and it is better by lightyears.

[@ArifGhostwriter]

Interesting.

[@komediwata]

Isnt it just for gaming?

[@twinshock175]

Wow what a new hack, interesting. Very precise and informative video. I see a ton of interesting stuff you have done. My questions are about program updates and security? Would the version of the app or program receive updates or do you need to reinstall? Is there memory leakage with bottles? Can you transfer and save files created into the Home environment? Does Bottles in doing a backup, the contained info well or able to be restored well?

[@yumnamponie523]

I have tried MS Office installer and it doesn't work on bottles. Can you please show how to install MS Office.

[@justanotherpxrson]

They have Ableton live as a default? This might allow me to stop relying on windows for music production!

[@NovaspiritTech]

yea i was surprised to see that as well... i havn't tried it yet but if it's bottled, i'm sure they have all the dependcy to install it

[@rohitram9701]

The video introduces a program called Bottles, a GUI installer for Wine that simplifies the installation of Windows programs on Linux. [00:00](kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWOrhoGIhbp3obc) Bottles is a GUI installer for Wine on Linux - Installing Windows programs on Linux can be difficult due to dependencies - Bottles solves this problem by containing everything in its own bottle [01:03](kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWOrhoGIhbp3obc) Bottles simplifies installation of Windows programs on Linux - Manually installing wine prefixes for each program can get confusing - Bottles contains everything in one and puts it into a pretty GUI, and supports flat pack installation [02:03](kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWOrhoGIhbp3obc) Install and create Windows programs and games using Wine - Use the software package and two commands to install Wine - Create a new bottle for Windows programs and games like Battlenet [03:00](kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWOrhoGIhbp3obc) Easily export and import bottle settings for future use. - Configure advanced options not found in regular wine installations. - Create and run programs, adjust settings, and optimize for Linux games. [03:52](kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWOrhoGIhbp3obc) Customize game settings and install dependencies easily. - Adjust settings based on environment and game requirements. - Install specific dependencies and game launchers through the interface. [04:44](kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWOrhoGIhbp3obc) Installing Windows applications on app environment - App environment installs Windows dependencies like VC run or net 4.8 - Install Windows applications by adding dependencies and running the installer [05:49](kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWOrhoGIhbp3obc) Use Bottles to run Windows apps and games on Linux - Install Bottles and hit play to run software and games - Visit usebottles.com for more information and documentation [06:38](kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWOrhoGIhbp3obc) Using Bottles for application migration - Successfully migrated some applications for testing purposes - Separate and contained environment reduces worries about wine prefix

[@qwarlock4126]

Bottles definitely looks really cool Thanks for the heads up. By the way, Bottles is available in more forms than Flatpack. I am on Slackware and I can install from packaged source.

[@leelangley3705]

Is there a way to install a program in a bottle, such as a game that I want to run that’s window only, but also run a companion app in the same bottle. Good example, I can run world of Warcraft in a bottle but I want to install the curse add on engine to manage my addons, obviously they need to be installed in the same instance…..hopefully I make sense

[@RossPotts]

Can you create a desktop icon to automatically start a bottle or do you have to open bottles library each time?

[@NovaspiritTech]

once you allow the permission for flatpak, it can generate desktop icons for you

[@RossPotts]

@@NovaspiritTech nice! I’ve been open source since FreeBSD 2.2.7 and I am still amazed at how far capabilities have come.

[@PoeLemic]

Ross ... Damn good question. Or, have a subfolder where all of them exist, create many subdirs like games, Work, etc., and then click to execute it.

[@PoeLemic]

@@NovaspiritTech Well, maybe since you opened this "Can of Worms", I'd love to see you really develop a series about "Using Bottles in Linux to virtualize common Window Apps".

[@SneakyJoeRu]

Getting a steamdeck for my wife. She never touched Linux in her life. I work with Linuix daily and use Lutris, but I find it confusing sometimes. Do you think that bottles will be better for her?

[@SamuTheFrog]

Bottles and wine both are tools, sometimes one works where the other doesn't and vise versa. These aren't the only options either. Often times running a virtual machine is best. But i gotta ask, why in the world do you even need her to use bottles or wine? Pretty much 90% of tasks have an FOSS or Linux alternative, so, unless you're trying to run specific proprietary softwares like photoshop, davinci, ableton live, etc., should be no problem just running pure native applications. Of which, there's literally thousands easily aqquirable. In other words, unless she is heavy into a very specific proprietary software, bottles/wine is a useless tool, as its usage is to run non-native windows programs under a false C:/ drive & (basically)bootlegged drivers. So. Yeah. Bottles/Wine is also something Mac users use. It's kinda just a tool that works on UNIX(mac os-x for example) / UNIX-like(linux for example) operating systems, of which Windows is not. It is NOT an emulator, nor a virtual machine, but rather a false microsoft environment to install and run windows applications within. One of the main differences in a UNIX/UNIX-like system is the file heiarchy, a few other things too ofc but a big thing is that file heiarchy/file structure. This is generally - and drivers - is what seperates the operating systems and why certain softwares/programs dont work on everything equally. The developers must account for and support both sides, of which most big tech companies aren't interested in doing because microsoft holds like 80%+ of market share. Linux community makes this even worse by making 18000 different distributions of Linux.. some using x11, some using wayland... some using a file heiarchy that follows ubuntu and such, some following arch'es, etc.,... some using this, some using that. Making it THAT much harder for software developers to develope for it. This is why Linux often just makes their own packages and has their own software repositories, and why open source works so well with it. Because the people do the integration, not the developer. Anyways. Yeah, something about your post tells me she probably doesn't use a computer for things that deep anyway, and IF she does, a proper PC would be far better than a steam deck.

[@ianpearson8976]

this is brilliant. i had always found zorin os faster and better than windows but my iptv and trading platforms wouldnt run on linux.now i can do everything on my zorin os.

[@djux9510]

Nice! Can you navigate manualy to folder where software or game is installed? Some old games have patch and crack, so i need manualy to go to that specific folder where software is installed.

[@jeonghutamilim2259]

It only took you 18 minutes to create single bottle. My dentures flew into the next dimension from witnessing such speed.

[@kalulugamer]

hi! thanks for sharing. what distro are you using? is that Pop?

[@leoscomments]

Which is better for running windows software, bottles or a virtual box? Am considering swithcinh to linux in the future. Another thing, I have those old office printers, will they run good on Linux?

[@jeroenfigee]

So happy with this video. When you are on windows for 25+ years you have programs, like specific databases that you use on a weekly basis or specific audio/daw programs you use on a daily basis... it seems impossible to switch to linux, in thát setting. . So your video opens up a whole new world, where I can switch to linux and still keep the windows-programs that I really want to keep using. . 1 question though,... does BOTTLES handle registry settings? I think the most executables write there strings into the registry... How is that done [ and is that taken care of ] in linux ? . thanks so much Thumbs up + subscribed.

[@Narad-l7u]

Hi, Can i install revit on bottles app? Can i install cracked software in this app? Can i install multiple apps in one bottle ?

[@ThePlayerOfGames]

? Yes Yes

[@TheRealNewBlackMusic]

can you please give a simple solution for reading old win95 and win98 floppys on mac. apple bootcamp only does win7. those vm machines seem very complicated. what is a simple solution. Thanks

[@snowcold903]

if basicly every windows software in linux works im switching right away but i don't know if unreal engine 5 could run on it

[@ThePlayerOfGames]

It does, both compiled and as an editor

[@wultyc]

Is the same concept of PlayOnLinux

[@NovaspiritTech]

Pretty much

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Yes, Crossover has had this for many years and it's part of the reason that people pay for it. Not to mention that most of the code they develop gets contributed back to the project.

[@renoacc]

And winetricks

[@robbinscott160]

Some thing I'd really like to know is can you play games and apps that have no installer so there just packed in a .zip

[@abdelmalekbedroh8005]

Bro! it's Amazing You solved my problem! Thanks!!!

[@zxot14]

Hey, I'm considering installing linux on my shared pc that I share with my sister. It's quite an old pc. Thanks for the video. I hope it helps me out.

[@ServantoftheMostMerciful_99]

Can you make a follow up video on how to install Office ?

[@ArifGhostwriter]

I'm interested to know if Bottles will allow me to run G-Hub - Logitech's proprietary configuration tool (& then also, their Options+)

[@kenho811]

This is awesome! Thanks so much for the recommendation

[@cartoonchannel5584]

works perfectly, thank you

[@SB-qm5wg]

is there a way to make a launcher shortcut? like .desktop?

[@RogerioPereiradaSilva77]

Yep. Simply open the bottle for the app, then click on the hamburger menu (the three dots next to the application name) and then click 'Add Desktop Entry'. It might require you to add the necessary permissions using either Flatseal or a copy-and-paste flatpak command at the first time to enable that functionality, though. But once it is granted that privilege, it will create a menu entry that works like any other regular Linux app.

[@SB-qm5wg]

@@RogerioPereiradaSilva77 Excellent. TYVM 👍

[@letsgochamp2023]

This is amazing! Much simpler than using stock Wine. Thanks for sharing dude.

[@GoldenAdhesive]

bottles is super clean but the compatibility is all over the place unfortunately and they don't seem to support many out of the box app setups. It needs a lutris style template option for popular software really

[@ultraprimez]

What's the difference between Wine and Bottles 😅. I mean the window app emu that's in this video. Will it work in Cachy OS which is Arch based but options to choose different distro windows desktop experience. BTW KDE is the default window manager.

[@RavenKitten]

the one thing i was thinking is what if you already have wine installed. do you have to uninstall wine or can you install it beside it? Raven

[@somegeek7126]

Very interesting video, as always, but what happened with the sound ?

[@bitteohnesoe2893]

i cant manage to run serifs affinity programs on linux.. sad.. i liked them

[@croniumInc]

Thanks. Is there a way to run a program in Bottles by adding also its dependencies like DLLs, etc. ? Edit: like a setup

[@mejuez]

Show me how to connect and play using Controller with Bottles?

[@yanasitta]

How are you using Bottles instead of Wine if Bottles is a GUI for Wine?

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

I hope that they will include the option to create shortcuts from software within Bottles outside onto the Linux platform. That way, we can launch directly into these applications through Bottles without having to open up Bottles manually. It would be great for frontend software like Emulation Station and the like. Though I'm not quite sure if it's already an option, since I haven't dabbled into it yet. I'm still in the process of installing my Steam library, which will take some time as I have a lot of games on there.

[@lheavy2675]

It is possible indeed cool asf

[@Ninetails94]

bottles never worked for me when i tried to install games via mounting as iso and then launching it via bottles never opens the installation for that game, i prefer wine as its just much more easier to install things, anyways flatpak is awful since you need flatseal to actually get it working proper esp on steamos, it takes so long to actually fixes it, anyways wine and lutris is my goto still, but that said bottles is pretty good when you have things installed but even then it still wont work all the time, none of my games launches in bottles.

[@NguyenHoang-pv2xd]

Does Bottles run Windows apps & games on Linux support work with install multiple user ?

[@karelinars]

PortProton

[@richallenxbox1976]

Isn't it more or less the same thing? Just by a different name?

[@anant69more]

How to resolve an error: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" that appears after installing the windows based application via Bottles? Any solution or workaround??

[@BrotherShield]

But Can it Run Gamepass (not the Cloud Version)

[@johnkuttan2010]

Ubuntu 22.04 installation cannot boot in HP ProBook 440 G5. I can choose boot from file from while computer starting .

[@deathanimal695]

the problem I have with wine is that it runs apps in win7 or older. almost every Windows app I need required 8.1 or newer.

[@tezk8470]

Will this work with charting/trading software where you have to download the actual program and the data that the program needs to display charts?

[@hopelessdecoy]

Depends but no reason why it shouldn't

[@dontscrollitt]

Which Linux distribution is best for full stack developer?

[@ehllie]

Yes

[@SoMadCoffee]

Any distro will do. Use whatever you are comfortable with. I use manjaro and I am pretty happy with it.

[@JEAPI_DEV]

Thx for the recommendation, but what the hell is going on with your background noise

[@ComeRaveInPeace]

Nice.. but unfortunately this does not work in my case. Did try to install Sony Vegas 17, Bottles did install but Software can not be found in Bottles Library or in the Linux Mint OS. Nevertheless, Bottles sounds interesting.

[@NhuTech]

Cam bottles run old software like Office 2007-2010?

[@mojones9801]

Many thanks. Wine has become a pain. Just installed a windows program and will test.

[@pianofortens]

I like Bottles, because it is very easy to launch a windows programm. But i like too use it for ETS5. I can install the ETS5 software in bottles but wenn i start it, i have always a Unhandled exception: 0xe0434352 in 64-bit code (0x00000174013c2e). I'dont know what is the problem to make it startable ? can you help me. ?

[@NovaspiritTech]

i don't know what ets5 is but you can check out appdb.winehq.org/ and search for the app for compatibility with wine

[@pianofortens]

@@NovaspiritTech ET5 is a software for KNX installation like Smart Home. And this Software is not in the list of wine.

[@adrianmares269]

You can't install it on the raspberry pi, I tried. I hope this comment will hopefully save you time, I wasted almost 8 hours. 😅

[@rektpotato8720]

True linux chad

[@Henry-sv3wv]

Windows Programs are compiled as PC (X86_64) and the Raspberry Pi is ARM crap, that's why windows exe can't run on Pi. That's why i got a Wyse 5070 as my Debian home server, to avoid the ARM crap from a raspberry pi.

[@kave980]

Hey man, how are you? I have an question, can you run Roblox with bottles? As WINE can’t run Roblox anymore.

[@Games-hn3ys]

Is Photoshop running decent în wine with bottle? Hardware acceleration (video card) is enabled? Thanks.

[@mitri5389]

Why use photojunk use anything else

[@braaitongs]

How do run a program in a bottle that does not need to be installed? and can copy data to the bottle so the program can use said data? ie the data will be stored say on d:\ in the fake windows environment...

[@zameerpashablr]

Thank you so Much 🥰....But wanted to know whether Lightroom and PS will work in that? I'm concerned about the New Lightroom 2021

[@BusinessBy-q3t]

Thanks for that great video. Shirt and to the point without extras. Great job. I do have a windows app with a patch file. App is installed on bottles but the patch file always comes up with protect error. And can't install the patch si can't run the app as it should. Is there a y way I can install that patch without getting g that error that prevent the patch file from installing. Thanks again... grat information

[@eruno_]

does one need to have wine preinstalled before using bottles? Also is it compatible with custom proton ge?

[@ThePlayerOfGames]

It does work with G-E as in it can fetch it. But I haven't seen a way to integrate a truly custom Wine/Proton as in you provide one.

[@Joltaic]

Nice! I finally got LTspice to work with bottles

[@AshwinSKumar]

Can you run adobe with this?

[@sirsuse]

I agree that they are both great distros. Personally, I prefer Mint for its balance of looks and performance. I will say that MX is faster. Just installed MX 23 in a vm and it runs like it is installed natively on hardware. ❤

[@kjamison5951]

I must give this a shot. I have some windows programs I’d like to run.

[@thekeymaker6692]

I have an old 3 disc game would this work with this?

[@linuxuser145]

so will it do office 360 not the cloud one the one that you can run on board

[@mitri5389]

Why do you need office 360? Why won't Libre office or the other alternative not work?

[@linuxuser145]

@@mitri5389 i don't use it i know somone that does and that person already pays for it and already use to it

[@CosmicChew]

Can programs like Wemod or Plitch communicate and modify games through DLL injections in bottles? I know with Wine I can.

[@MsHenxo]

would this app tell what dependecies im missing if i don't have them ?

[@jt.binwylin]

What Linux are you using?

[@Whiskers10]

How do I run installers without admin permissions?

[@XavierSoriaPoma]

Great video, the program works great

[@USBEN.]

Sadly i can't figure out how to show logs in this, lutris has a literal button next to play to show it. Very important for debugging.

[@slobodankovacevic9047]

Hey, this is perfect, but it seems that the software I need does not recognize my camera, is there any way to fix it?

[@dutchwise1981]

how does it handle kernel anti cheats? seeing most of them refuse to run on wine

[@QuickView99]

how about idm? does it will run natively like in windows?

[@СергейД-ч4ь]

Really reminds Lutris a lot. Nice app!

[@sahinyasar9119]

Can bottles can run preinstalled games? Not the one you need to install from exe

[@LindenAshbyMK]

How can I address "memory access violation" and poor draw distance in some games under wine ? I have everything maxed out in the game itself and I have enough performance to support the settings... It looks like some artificial restriction going on in wine

[@BrianThomas]

You rock bro. I love the channel and the way you think. Keep up the great work.

[@kevin34ct]

Does any of the Ant-Cheats work within Bottles?

[@NovaspiritTech]

i was able to test overwatch and star citizen and i know star citizen uses "easy anti-cheat"

[@RogerioPereiradaSilva77]

Short answer: NO. Long answer: Maaaaaaayyyybe? Easy Anti Cheat was announced to have Wine compatibility in the works but Epic was a little skimpy on the details so no official ETA AFAIK. Some people reportedly have had good luck getting some EAC-protected games to play but the only one I tested so far, Paladins, never worked very well (although I haven't tried recently). YMMV.

[@khalidelgazzar]

Very helpful 🤠 thank you

[@fabricio4794]

Dear GE,where can i download a Office 365 with no CD key?

[@alfredmiles432]

If it can deploy game gpu drivers I’m down for that . Quickly

[@user-qc6yq1jh4j]

is bottles better then wine??

[@SamuTheFrog]

Use whatever works, my good sir. Bottles don't actually work for everything, neither does Wine. When it comes to things like this there is often never one single best thing to use, but rather use whatever works best for the program you're attempting to run.

[@beautifulislam67]

should you make a new bottle for every program?