How to use Bottles or any other windows emulator on Linux

[nimble rose]

First things first, the app I need to use is not available on Linux and I really need it, it is BlueBook. Around a week ago I wrote something similar to this in the Linux tab, but sadly I didn’t get a solution for my problem. I was trying to use Bottles on my OS, but sadly it doesn’t work. Whenever I try to run the app it pops up a tab that works as an intro. At the end of the intro it says “click se button below to update”. When I do so it doesn’t work and it looks like before I clicked the button.

[tepid salmon]

Can you provide a link to bluebook?

[nimble rose]

Sure

https://bluebook.app.collegeboard.org

[nimble rose]

I tried using wine for Bluebook but it didn’t work

[nimble rose]

Sorry for bothering you @tepid salmon can you give me a hand with this?

[tepid salmon]

I can't download it

[left veldt]

could you try running bluebook in terminal mode (on bottles) and type the line that is written when you press the button?

also bottles/wine is not a windows emulator, its a compatibility layer

btw does changing the wine runner do anything?

[nimble rose]

I downloaded it someway but I don’t remember how

[nimble rose]

Wym by wine runner?

[nimble rose]

Do you know how to do that?

[tepid salmon]

If you downloaded it, can you share it through google drive or other sharing site?

[left veldt]

the wine executor in the bottle's settings

you can use the preferences menu to download new wine runners

[nimble rose]

Ok I’ll

[nimble rose]

But I couldn’t even access the settings

[left veldt]

im talking about bottles

[nimble rose]

Me too

[left veldt]

wdym you can't

[nimble rose]

When I open it, like it said it pops up something that obligates me to install something, when I do it nothing changes and keeps asking me for the same

[left veldt]

can you send a screenshot

[nimble rose]

Sure

I can’t take screenshots but I took a picture with my phone

[left veldt]

can you try doing a full uninstall by typing flatpak uninstall --delete-data com.usebottles.bottles and then installing bottles again?

[nimble rose]

do i reinstall it by a command from flatpak?

[left veldt]

you can just use the linux mint software manager

[nimble rose]

😐

it worked

thank you so much