New to Linux, Cant open a program that I was able to on windows and not sure why | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:24 PM

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@open remnant If you try to launch Windows installer that does not work like that. Linux does not natively execute Windows exe files, two differents systems with two different binary executable format etc...

You can however do it using Wine (which is a kind of emulator that allow to run Windows programs on Linux) BUT, if you want to install Java JRE, you should not do it using Windows installer

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And as far as I know, Java JRE is already installed on most Linux distributions...

sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:46 PM

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@open remnant here

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:46 PM

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sweet flare <@758830770458198087> If you try to launch Windows installer that does not work...

okay sorry

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Ive tried to open it but all it does is open it as a file

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even thought i have the exucutable box checked

sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:47 PM

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what is the filename ?

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:48 PM

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launcher-1.09_17.jar

sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:48 PM

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ok

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open terminal

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:48 PM

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okay

sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:49 PM

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type sudo apt install java-common

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what it say ?

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:50 PM

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a lot of things

sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:50 PM

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It ask you if you want to install it ?

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if so, type Y and enter

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:51 PM

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i did and it said command not found

sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:51 PM

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take a screenshot

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:52 PM

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now it is spamming the letter y obver and over

sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:52 PM

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ctrl+shift+Printscreen

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take a screenshot

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:52 PM

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sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:52 PM

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WTF...

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how did you managed to do that...

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:52 PM

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it keeps doing that

sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:52 PM

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close terminal

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:52 PM

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okay

sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:53 PM

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open terminal and type sudo apt install -y java-common

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:54 PM

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sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:54 PM

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ok, now type sudo apt install -y openjdk-8-jre

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:55 PM

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it installed something

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and it says its done

sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:55 PM

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now sudo apt install -y openjdk-8-jre-headless

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:56 PM

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sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:56 PM

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you misstyped

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:56 PM

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oh sorry

sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:57 PM

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copy-paste command, Ctrl+Shift+V

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:57 PM

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sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:57 PM

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good

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now retry launching betcraft

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 8:58 PM

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thank you man

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i would not have figured that out in a million years

sweet flare Mar 25, 2026, 8:59 PM

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Know that in linux we often do not install softwares or components like in windows

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so, don't try to mimic the Windows way... First, check in Softwares Library

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then, if you don't found what you want, check the officiel website for a .deb package or ask here

open remnant Mar 25, 2026, 9:01 PM

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okay will do, thank you agian

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