Introduction > GeNIe on Linux

GeNIe can be used on a Linux system with Virtual Machine (VM)-based solution like VirtualBox, or with Wine (a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications). Wine is an open source project. It can be downloaded and used for free.

Running GeNIe on Linux with Wine:

1.Install Wine on your Linux system. On some Linux systems, including Ubuntu, Wine can be installed through package manager. On Ubuntu 22, the command to install Wine is:

sudo apt install wine

2. If Wine is not available in the package manager, it can be downloaded from https://wiki.winehq.org/Download.

3.Download GeNIe installer.

4.In Linux terminal, use the wine command to run GeNIe installer. The example below assumes that GeNIe installer is located in the current directory and its filename is genie-setup-4.0.2304-x64.exe.

wine genie-setup-4.0.2304-x64.exe

5.GeNIe (and QGeNIe) icons should be added to Linux application launcher. If the icons are available, double-click on the icon to run the program.

6.If the icons are not available in the launcher, GeNIe can be launched from the terminal. To run GeNIe from the terminal, first change the current directory to GeNIe's install directory. By default, the install directory is "~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/GeNIe 4.0". To execute GeNIe, run the following command:

wine genie.exe

Note that GeNIe Academic installs to "GeNIe 4.0 Academic" by default.