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Possible MacOS & Linux work around
Posted: Mon 26 Aug, 2024 5:39 pm
by WebWeaver
Post by SnazzyButterfly » Sun 21 Jul, 2024 12:01 pm
I know that this post is old, but I was able to get Orphalese to work fully on Linux and macOS (tested on Debian 12 and macOS Sonoma 14.5 on Intel CPU).
For linux I used a flatpak app called Bottles and for Mac I used Porting Kit. Both are free to use.
Linux Instructions:
download bottles (this is a flatpak app and it is containerized, please see further down on how to access your local file system and create a .desktop entry)
create new bottle
name the bottle
create
click run executable
choose the .exe set up file
it should work right out of the box but there is no .desktop entry
if you want a app/start menu entry you will need another app called flat seal
open up flat seal
choose bottles
go to the file system category
toggle on all system files and all user files
Mac Instructions:
open porting kit
go to all apps
click on custom port
put in a name
click next until you get to the advaced setting
I chose WS12WinCX64Bit23.7.1-2 as the engine (I'm safely assuming that's the latest version), everything else I left unchanged
click next until you are prompted to choose an installer .exe
let the installer do it's thing until it prompts you to choose an .exe for the program (this does take a while, grab yourself a top quality snack and wait for it to finish)
it should automatically work out of the box
I'm posting this to it's own topic so I can more easily link to it.
Re: Possible MacOS & Linux work around
Posted: Wed 04 Sep, 2024 6:10 pm
by ArgosX
Thanks for posting this, hopefully I'll get to give it a try so I can ditch Parallels.
Re: Possible MacOS & Linux work around
Posted: Fri 03 Jan, 2025 8:51 pm
by SnazzyButterfly
WebWeaver wrote: Mon 26 Aug, 2024 5:39 pm
Post by SnazzyButterfly » Sun 21 Jul, 2024 12:01 pm
I know that this post is old, but I was able to get Orphalese to work fully on Linux and macOS (tested on Debian 12 and macOS Sonoma 14.5 on Intel CPU).
For linux I used a flatpak app called Bottles and for Mac I used Porting Kit. Both are free to use.
Linux Instructions:
download bottles (this is a flatpak app and it is containerized, please see further down on how to access your local file system and create a .desktop entry)
create new bottle
name the bottle
create
click run executable
choose the .exe set up file
it should work right out of the box but there is no .desktop entry
if you want a app/start menu entry you will need another app called flat seal
open up flat seal
choose bottles
go to the file system category
toggle on all system files and all user files
Mac Instructions:
open porting kit
go to all apps
click on custom port
put in a name
click next until you get to the advaced setting
I chose WS12WinCX64Bit23.7.1-2 as the engine (I'm safely assuming that's the latest version), everything else I left unchanged
click next until you are prompted to choose an installer .exe
let the installer do it's thing until it prompts you to choose an .exe for the program (this does take a while, grab yourself a top quality snack and wait for it to finish)
it should automatically work out of the box
I'm posting this to it's own topic so I can more easily link to it.
Update on the Linux instructions:
If you're using the latest version of bottles (51.17 as of 1-3-25) you'll have to create a custom bottle using the 32-bit wine prefix
When that is done creating your bottle go under options and click on dependencies
scroll down and install the latest version of dotnet (dotnet48 as of 1/3/25)
then continue with the install of orphalese (the beta of orphalese 11 does install but the popup notes do not show, it's just a black box, same thing with the close confirmation window, to close click on the window and hit the space bar on your keyboard)
The create a desktop entry doesn't work (a known bottles bug)
here is a sample .desktop file contents. You'll need to put it in "/home/username/.local/share/applications/". If you can't see the .local folder you probably have hidden files hidden.:
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[Desktop Action Configure]
Exec=flatpak run --command=bottles-cli com.usebottles.bottles -b 'Orphalese'
Name=Configure in Bottles
[Desktop Entry]
Actions=Configure;
Categories=Application;
Comment[en_US]=A free and powerful divination program
Comment=A free and powerful divination program
Exec=flatpak run --command=bottles-cli com.usebottles.bottles run -p Orphalese -b Orphalese
GenericName[en_US]=
GenericName=
Icon=/home/username/.var/app/com.usebottles.bottles/data/bottles/bottles/Orphalese/drive_c/Program Files/Orphalese/Orphalese Tarot/Combined.ico
MimeType=
Name[en_US]=Orphalese
Name=Orphalese
Path=
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=
If you guys have any questions feel free to reach out. I'm thinking about making a full on tutorial including screenshots. If you want this let me know.
Re: Possible MacOS & Linux work around
Posted: Tue 07 Jan, 2025 4:46 pm
by WebWeaver
Thanks for the update!
Re: Possible MacOS & Linux work around
Posted: Sat 07 Mar, 2026 12:06 am
by Zora
Hi, I was excited to find this thread. I just moved to Zorin from Windows and was able to install Version 10.3.6.14, the Full Windows Installer Upgrade of Orphalese Tarot without decks (because I use custom decks), using these great instructions. The program mostly works, but some of the text bubble pop-ups fail to appear, and others show up black (correct shape). The popups also seem a little laggy.
SnazzyButterfly, I would greatly appreciate the tutorial you offered, because I have spent hours trying to resolve this, with no luck. If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them.
I have a 32-bit bottle, have installed dependencies dotnet 40, dotnet 48,and gdiplus. If i install only dotnet48 as suggested in the tutorial, the installer program then tries to install 40 afterward, and it hangs, so i started over and installed both in order as dependencies. I am using Windows 10 configuration.
Have also tried a bunch of stuff like enabling and disabling DXVK and trying a virtual desktop, both of which made things worse rather than better.
I can't seem to create a shortcut for the program, either.
Overall, I'm pleased it's working as well as it does, but I wanted to see if anyone here has had more success. SnazzyButterfly, I hope you are still around!
Zora