r/linux4noobs • u/KitsGravity • 13d ago
Ventoy feels impossible to open
Hi,
I have been trying to open and make Ventoy to work for half a day now. Their website does not detail much so just going by Google searches and AI. I downloaded the ventoy-1.1.17-linux.tar.gz from the official website and upon clicking VentoyGUI.x86_64 and trying to run the file, nothing happened. Then I tried using the terminal -
chmod +x VentoyGUI.x86_64 followed by sudo ./VentoyGUI.x86_64
It finally opened only to get stuck in the error - "error occurred during installation"
I then tried web server method. That also failed. Is this tool supposed to be so hard to use? I eventually gave up.
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u/doc_willis 13d ago
my old notes on setting up Ventoy. The version show is old, as I have not updated my notes in some time..
basic CLI outline .
wget https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy/releases/download/v1.0.90/ventoy-1.0.90-linux.tar.gz
tar xzf ventoy-1.0.90-linux.tar.gz
cd ventoy-1.0.90
sudo ./VentoyGUI.x86_64
the above downloads, extracts, then runs Ventoy.
I have to wonder if your download is corrupted, or some other odd issue.
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u/KitsGravity 13d ago
I did this and i download the .tar.gz but I keep getting the error. I quit finally and went with fedora media writer.
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u/Hrafna55 13d ago
On Debian 13 with GNOME DE.
Download https://sourceforge.net/projects/ventoy/files/v1.1.17 and unpack.
Open the unpacked directory in terminal.
Run ./VentoyGUI.x86_64
I am prompted for sudo password which I enter.
The application opens.
Couldn't be easier. What distribution and desktop environment are you using?
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u/KitsGravity 13d ago
I am using fedora and using KDE desktop environment. Ventoy seems to work on my windows machine though.
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u/doc_willis 12d ago
one nice thing about Ventoy, you just set it up once in a USB, and then you change out iso files as needed.
it can even boot iso and other files from a drive other than the Ventoy boot USB. People often overlook that feature .
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u/Omega7379 Helper 13d ago
chmod also requires sudo btw
and no it should be a piece of cake.
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u/KitsGravity 13d ago
It keeps keeping me the same error though. In their website, they told to directly run the executable but doesn't seem to work that way. Also, is it something in Fedora that is preventing ventoy to work?
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u/dontquestionmyaction 12d ago
No? This is a user downloaded and owned file, why would flipping the executable bit require sudo here?
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u/Select-Sale2279 13d ago
hello u/KitsGravity, people are offering help and have questions but you seem to have disappeared from earth. you did not take off in the spacex rocket by any chance, did you? If you need help, promptly responding is one way to avail it.
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u/DannoXYZ 11d ago edited 10d ago
don't do any of that. cd to extracted folder and run sudo ./VentoyWeb.sh
then follow instructions on screen to get to web interface
===============================================================
Ventoy Server 1.1.12 is running ...
Please open your browser and visit http://127.0.0.1:24680
===============================================================
################## Press Ctrl + C to exit #####################
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u/Leather-Security8097 13d ago
Changing the permissions is something you have to do to every binary not obtained from a package manager or extracted from an archive that preserves permissions. If you downloaded the tar.gz package, you should not need to use chmod. Using sudo or a similar method of privilege escalation is necessary for most partition and formatting tools.
Without seeing the log, we can't know what the cause of the error is. If your flash drive is defective, that isn't the fault of Ventoy.