Guide to Running SwordSearcher on Linux Operating Systems (Updated June 2024)

[KevMantis]

The instructions do work well, even for SwordSearcher 10 and Wine 11, if you are using a standard Linux distribution. Those looking to explore atomic distributions such as Fedora Silverblue/Kinoite or the Universal Blue (Bazzite, Aurora, etc.) will have some additional challenges.

I have given up on SwordSearcher on my main PC because I am going atomic there (Bazzite). I could use a Windows VM there but that would require me to buy a Windows license. No thanks. I do have an old laptop that is still running Windows. That machine will be my SwordSearcher device until I hear any news about Wine making enough of the right improvements to run SwordSearcher properly.

 

[Johnny NL]

The instructions do work well, even for SwordSearcher 10 and Wine 11, if you are using a standard Linux distribution. Those looking to explore atomic distributions such as Fedora Silverblue/Kinoite or the Universal Blue (Bazzite, Aurora, etc.) will have some additional challenges.

I have given up on SwordSearcher on my main PC because I am going atomic there (Bazzite). I could use a Windows VM there but that would require me to buy a Windows license. No thanks. I do have an old laptop that is still running Windows. That machine will be my SwordSearcher device until I hear any news about Wine making enough of the right improvements to run SwordSearcher properly.

Amen,,, this is awesome fix !

 

[Ruthlyn]

I would not give up. I followed the instructions given by Brandon in the first post onwards exactly, except for the last step of editing the shortcut. It is working well on my Linux Mint 22. 3 as well as Linux Mint Debian Edition 7. The only thing not correctly is some icons. Which Linux distro are you using?

This is great news!