Language : Français · English · Español · Русский | Contents · FAQ

Installing on Linux

WinStars 3 for GNU/Linux is released as an AppImage: the file carries its own libraries, which frees it from system dependencies, and there is nothing to install. The name, weight, date and SHA-256 fingerprint of the published file are given on the download page.

Cleaning up

If you had the previous version installed under /opt/WinStars3, remove it one last time with the MaintenanceTools tool (it used to be in that directory). This keeps the two versions from interfering with each other.

Procedure

  1. Download: get the WinStars3-xxxx-x86_64.AppImage file from the download page.

  2. Permission: before running it, allow its execution, either with the chmod +x command in the block below, or graphically: right-click the file → Properties → Permissions → tick “Allow executing file as program”.

  3. Launch: double-click the file, or start it from a terminal.

From the command line, from download to launch:

wget https://winstars.net/files/version3/WinStars3-3.0.310-x86_64.AppImage
chmod +x WinStars3-3.0.310-x86_64.AppImage
./WinStars3-3.0.310-x86_64.AppImage

The version number in the file name changes at every release: use the exact address shown on the download page.

Specific cases

  • On some recent distributions, running an AppImage requires the FUSE library (for example the libfuse2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 and later). If the file refuses to start, install that package, or run the AppImage with the --appimage-extract-and-run option.

  • The file may be placed anywhere you like, including on a USB stick: it installs nothing into the system.

  • The file fingerprint must match the one in the manifest file: see the paragraph “Verifying what you downloaded” on the Installation page.

See also