Winboat install

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Can anyone please provide the proper instructions on how to install WINBOAT here? I have tried online here and havn't been able to install on my machine here.

This is my attempt to install a fourth time here and ultimately a message at the end ( at the bottom) told me permission was denied-

tyname@name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ sudo apt install docker
[sudo] password for "name":          
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Package docker is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
  wmdocker

E: Package 'docker' has no installation candidate
name@name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ sudo systemctl start docker
sudo systemctl enable docker   
Failed to start docker.service: Unit docker.service not found.
Failed to enable unit: Unit file docker.service does not exist.
name@name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ sudo usermod -aG docker $USER   
usermod: group 'docker' does not exist
name@name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ docker run hello-world   
permission denied while trying to connect to the docker API at unix:///var/run/docker.sock
name@name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ sudo usermod -aG docker $USERCopied!   
usermod: group 'docker' does not exist
name@name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg   
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ca-certificates is already the newest version (20240203).
curl is already the newest version (8.5.0-2ubuntu10.9).
curl set to manually installed.
gnupg is already the newest version (2.4.4-2ubuntu17.4).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apparmor-profiles folder-color libetonyek-0.1-1 libwayland-server0:i386
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
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name@name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ echo \
  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
  $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null   
name@name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin   
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The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
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Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  docker-ce-rootless-extras git git-man liberror-perl libslirp0 pigz
  slirp4netns
Suggested packages:
  cgroupfs-mount | cgroup-lite docker-model-plugin git-daemon-run
  | git-daemon-sysvinit git-doc git-email git-gui gitk gitweb git-cvs
  git-mediawiki git-svn
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-ce docker-ce-cli
  docker-ce-rootless-extras docker-compose-plugin git git-man liberror-perl
  libslirp0 pigz slirp4netns
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name@name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ sudo usermod -aG docker $USER   
name@name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ docker run hello-world   
permission denied while trying to connect to the docker API at unix:///var/run/docker.sock
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UPDATE AFTER RESTART ]

name@name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ docker run hello-world
Unable to find image 'hello-world:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from library/hello-world
4f55086f7dd0: Pull complete
d5e71e642bf5: Download complete
Digest: sha256:f9078146db2e05e794366b1bfe584a14ea6317f44027d10ef7dad65279026885
Status: Downloaded newer image for hello-world:latest

Hello from Docker!
This message shows that your installation appears to be working correctly.

To generate this message, Docker took the following steps:

  1. The Docker client contacted the Docker daemon.
  2. The Docker daemon pulled the "hello-world" image from the Docker Hub.
    (amd64)
  3. The Docker daemon created a new container from that image which runs the
    executable that produces the output you are currently reading.
  4. The Docker daemon streamed that output to the Docker client, which sent it
    to your terminal.

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So It appears that DOCKER is installed correctly unless someone else who knows better says different- NOW, I need to know how to install WINBOAT in order to install some windows apps.

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first you need to follow this, step by step

and after download WinBoat deb file an install it from here

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Thank you for the reply! Is my first part already dealt with? Does it look to you like Docker is working and now I just need to install the second half of this? WinBoat? -Or is there maybe something still pending ?

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To be sure i could be better to remove docker like the first part suggest

sudo apt remove $(dpkg --get-selections docker.io docker-compose docker-compose-v2 docker-doc podman-docker containerd runc | cut -f1)

and after you install WinBoat

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So just as I suspected would happen - an error message of some kind here trying to install windows 11. I'm still an new user and I don't have the expertise here that all you have. Can someone please make this easy for me to understand? I don't know why one can't just go through the buttons and prompts and have this install the way it needs to. Linux always leaves you guessing and having to spend so much time trying to research on how to install something to try and make life easy- but never the case!

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I restarted my machine to see if anything maybe fixed itself. I tried to run winboat and see what happens. It says container unknown Etc... I guess I don't know how to start Docker. I ran the command, not sure since I'm not familiar with this.

I really wish the Zorin team would have made this a part of the system!

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Zorin Team don't manage third party software, you have to ask to the Winboat team why docker won't run as expected.

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So I continued to try and Winboat NEVER fully installs and only gets my energy bill skyhigh after leaving it on all night hoping at some point it installs. It does not. Yes, my BIOS is set to virtualization.

So I tried Podman. The GUI is not intuitive or clear Tried command lines... Nothing. When I start WInboat I get No option to switch to Podman. I don't understand any of this. Will Windows beat me yet again?

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Like I said you you need to get support on the the Winboat Discord, I'm sure they could help you

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here maybe a solution

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SO being very frustrated unable to install winboat on Zorin after several days, uninstalling and installing Docker and winboat and general trouble shooting- I decided to try another linux distro to try this and see if the same issues came up elsewhere. I tried MINT and guess what? It installed with no effort, no problem and seems to work on the first try. WHy Zorin? WHy?

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So by now I have probably made a mess out of my OS here uninstalling and reinstalling and trying to outguess the problem here of this not working. So now I'm asking for help in cleaning out my install and I guess trying to start over. I got an email from WInboats claiming they don't own Winboats and its not their product. -Very Strange! So please help me clear this out and try and start from scratch. Thanks

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Are you sure you didn't send a email to Docker and not Winboat ?

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To remove do that
For docker

sudo apt purge $(dpkg --get-selections docker.io docker-compose docker-compose-v2 docker-doc podman-docker containerd runc | cut -f1)

For Podman

sudo apt purge podman

For Winboat

sudo apt purge winboat
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Name@Name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ sudo apt purge $(dpkg --get-selections docker.io docker-compose docker-compose-v2 docker-doc podman-docker containerd runc | cut -f1)
dpkg: no packages found matching docker-compose-v2
dpkg: no packages found matching docker-doc
dpkg: no packages found matching podman-docker
[sudo] password for oscar:          
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The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  apparmor-profiles folder-color libetonyek-0.1-1 libwayland-server0:i386
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 154 not upgraded.
name@name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ sudo apt purge winboat
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package winboat
name@name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ 

```So- when removing winboat, it says that winboat isn't there- Even though I have been running it trying to install it all this time!  Could it be that somehow it wasn't installed after all?   Even though I downloaded it several times over?   Weird.
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did you install winboat as deb file or launch it as Appimage ?
and please do what is suggested

and sudo apt upgrade to update you computer !

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I had chosen to install the appimage then ran it after it downloaded. I always update the system before I start over./ MAybe not- I always check the software gui and it says uptotdate however many minutes ago- but running the command just ouptut a bunch of stuff.. hmmm

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Then Winboat isn't installed. An AppImage run for itself. It is like a protable Program from Windows. When You delete the AppImage of Winboat, it will be gone. But only that. Not the installed Dependencies.

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Hmm Ok thanks! -Yeah the online stuff I read said to download the APPIMAGE which is why I did that....

So I'm trying again here and I tried to start the Docker engine and here is what returned

name@name-OMEN-30L-Desktop-GT13-1xxx:~$ systemctl --user start docker-desktop   
Failed to start docker-desktop.service: Unit docker-desktop.service not found.
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if you want to try again winboat don't use AppImage but take the deb file and follow all the guides I gave you