I wanted to write here as a general hooray, and a motivational message to anyone looking to use the extended Literature and Latte software suite on Linux. I’m a recent switcher, and while tech is both my job and hobby, I’m definitely not a Linux expert. However, with a bit of debugging, I was able to get things working.
So, kudos to the Literature and Latte software and the community around it.
My steps were a bit haphazard, but if anyone wants to follow in my footsteps, what I did was:
1.) Download the installer for Scapple.
2.) Run the installer natively through Lutris.
3.) Once installed, skip license verification. Close the software.
4.) Navigate to the Scapple entry in the Lutris Library, click on it, and run Winetricks.
5.) Choose “Select the default wineprefix” and click OK.
- Choose “Install a Windows DLL or component” and click OK.
- Select dotnet462
- If this is not an option, go into your terminal, and run: winetricks dotnet462
6.) After a bunch of pop-ups likely warning you about 32-bit compatibility, rerun Scapple, and attempt to activate your license.
Note this may not work for everyone, and I’m not a wizard, but I thought this would be nice to add to the general body of knowledge. It can be done, and with some tinkering, it looks like all of the software we love from this forum can be used on Linux.
As an aside, Scrivener was even easier. There’s a preset Lutris entry that can be searched and installed, and I didn’t need to do any preconfig for my license to be accepted.
Long time reader of the forum, but only first time poster, so if I made a mess of something–happy to correct it.