{"id":623,"date":"2019-05-08T14:38:56","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T12:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winstars.net\/en\/?page_id=623"},"modified":"2026-05-05T17:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:16:32","slug":"installation-linux","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/winstars.net\/en\/installation-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Installation on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">Starting with version <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"22\">3.0.305<\/b>, the <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"35\">AppImage<\/b> format is now the preferred method, replacing the <i data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"94\">MaintenanceTool<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">What is an AppImage?<\/b> AppImage is a standalone format: it bundles its own libraries to remain independent of system dependencies. Furthermore, no installation is required!<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">How to use it?<\/b><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" data-path-to-node=\"6\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Clean up:<\/b> Delete your old version by using the <i data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"47\">MaintenanceTool<\/i> one last time (located in <code data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"89\">\/opt\/WinStars3<\/code> by default).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Download:<\/b> Get the AppImage file from our website.<\/p>\n<p><code data-path-to-node=\"8,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"118\">wget https:\/\/winstars.net\/files\/version3\/WinStars3-x86_64.AppImage<\/code><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Execution rights:<\/b> To launch the application, you must first grant it execution permissions.<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"6,2,1\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,2,1,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6,2,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Via terminal:<\/b> <code data-path-to-node=\"6,2,1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"14\">chmod +x WinStars3-x86_64.AppImage<\/code><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,2,1,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6,2,1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Via GUI:<\/b> Right-click the file &gt; Properties &gt; Permissions &gt; Check &#8220;Allow executing file as program&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Launch:<\/b> Simply double-click the file to start WinStars 3.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting with version 3.0.305, the AppImage format is now the preferred method, replacing the MaintenanceTool. What is an AppImage? AppImage is a standalone format: it bundles its own libraries to remain independent of system dependencies. Furthermore, no installation is required! How to use it? Clean up: Delete your old version by using the MaintenanceTool one &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/winstars.net\/en\/installation-linux\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Installation on Linux&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-623","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winstars.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winstars.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winstars.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winstars.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winstars.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/winstars.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1727,"href":"https:\/\/winstars.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/623\/revisions\/1727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winstars.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}