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How To Install WinBoat on Ubuntu/Debian-based Distros

Download and installed WinBoat on Ubuntu/Debian-based Distros

Download and install deb: https://winboat.app

Tip: Download the deb file and use ''sudo apt install ./winboat-XXXX-amd64.deb'' to automatically install dependencies

Install Docker

Remove Conflicting Packages:

for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose docker-compose-v2 podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done

Setup apt Repository:

# Add Docker's official GPG key:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc

Add the repository to Apt sources:

echo \
"deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
$(. /etc/os-release && echo "${UBUNTU_CODENAME:-$VERSION_CODENAME}") stable" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update

Install Latest Docker Engine:

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

Check Status:

sudo systemctl status docker

Manual Start:

sudo systemctl start docker

Verify That It Works:

sudo docker run hello-world

Add User To Docker Group:

sudo groupadd docker
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Activate Group Changes:

newgrp docker

Verify That It Works:

docker run hello-world

Set Permissions:

sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" /home/"$USER"/.docker -R
sudo chmod g+rwx "$HOME/.docker" -R

Start Automatically At Boot:

sudo systemctl enable docker.service
sudo systemctl enable containerd.service

Install Docker Compose v2:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-compose-plugin

Verify:

docker compose version

Install FreeRDP:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install com.freerdp.FreeRDP
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