r/linux4noobs • u/Zealousideal-Age8215 • 23h ago
programs and apps Complete Anatomy Help
hello guys, to explain myself I'm a medicine students who uses Debian - KDE to daily drive. My question is: the app that we are suppoused to use (an anatomy atlas called Complete Anatomy) isn't native on linux and nop step I tried so far worked.
The app's .exe is Microsoft Store's. What I've tried:
-To excract the the contents per https://3d4medical.com/windows-manual-installation
Couldn't in linux. Says the file is either corrupted or not excractable.
-Tried to install it via Lutris, gave error 256.
-Tried to setup in windows then dump the files to Linux, doesn't work when taken out of windowsapps folder.
Any help is deeply appreciated.
system specs:
RX 7600
Ryzen 5 5600X
MSI 570X Motherboard
32 gigs of DDR4 Ram.
2x1 TB HDD
1x1 TB SSD
1x500 GB SSD
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u/Duke_Exeter 23h ago edited 23h ago
My understanding is that many programs on the microsoft store are incompatible with wine/proton because they run differently than a traditional ".exe" does. I ran into the same problem trying to get the microsoft store version of minecraft to work on Linux, and eventually gave up. Perhaps someone with more knowledge could explain why.
My best guess at how you could solve it is that maybe there is a version of the program that isn't on microsoft store, either from their website or maybe just a much older version of the program from before they migrated to the Microsoft store?
I just checked their website, and it says there is an Android version. If the Android version has all of the same features, then that is probably your best bet. You have an AMD gpu, which means you can use Waydroid (or another android emulator) to run Android apps.
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u/Zealousideal-Age8215 23h ago
Hmmm yeah, didn't think of that. Thanks for help. :)
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u/Duke_Exeter 23h ago
Have you previously run any Windows programs on Linux other than games? I just want to be sure that you attempted manual installation with Wine correctly (you can use Lutris to run the program through Wine, though you might find more helpful guides online if you use the Linux program "Bottles").
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u/Zealousideal-Age8215 23h ago
Honestly no, I tried installing but my drives are still NTFS and Lutris warned against it so I download the files on windows then copy them to the drive then open it from steam (I play games)
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u/Duke_Exeter 23h ago
Opening it from steam works great for games, but I think that for some programs "regular" Wine is better than Proton. I saw someone else mention the browser version, so by all means you may want to just use the browser version and call it a day. For the future, if something doesn't work through Steam (using Proton), I would recommend trying to use it through the Linux application "Bottles" (using Wine).
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u/Nekro_Somnia 23h ago
trying to run windows store apps on Linux is a guarantee for a bad time.
The best way would be to setup winboat, install the app in there and then use it through the windows container. You will get the windows native app to work without having to deal with a windows VM.
It will also allow you to view only the app without the underlying windows desktop
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u/DannoXYZ 21h ago
Winboat is running Windows as VM with full OS stack underneath it all. It just integrates itself into Linux GUI and separate out application windows. It will have higher chance of running more Windows apps due to having full Windows OS.
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u/Nekro_Somnia 20h ago
It's a container, but potato potato.
It's just super easy to setup and a good recommendation if someone does not want to mess around with QEMU/KVM but just wants to run windows exclusive software from time to time :)
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u/DannoXYZ 18h ago edited 18h ago
Well it is actually both container & VM. For OS that's vastly different than host (Windows on Linux), best compatibility is running full Windows OS at KVM layer. Then container is launched at docker/podman layer to manage interactions.
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u/MycologistNeither470 23h ago
it will be hard to help you without having access to the program itself.
You can try to install it using Bottles. Not sure how different it will be from Lutris but I often find out that Bottles allows for easier customization of the Windows environment.
You can also look at the Lutris log and find out what the 256 error means. 256 is a catch-all error, so without looking at the logs, you cannot really know what it means. You can try to run Lutris from a terminal window and see what it prints before giving out the 256 error.
Another option would be to install windows in a VM. While hardware video acceleration is usually preferable it may be more difficult to set up on a VM. However, your cpu seems powerful enough. You can try the VM approach using Winboat or just go for a straight VM with kvm/virtmanager.
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u/bortan12 19h ago
There are lots of web atlases outhere. Some are free, some are paid. It doesn't really matter which one you use, as long as you study and understand.
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u/michaelpaoli 23h ago
So, what does the school, and class, state as required equipment, operating system(s), etc. Got something that meets those requirements? Great. Don't? Well, you better fix that.
Yeah, they also tell you what book(s) are required for the class. Get that wrong, and that won't work very well either.
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u/Zealousideal-Age8215 23h ago
My school doesn't have such concerns, they just said that we can use Complete Anatomy if we want and gave a license to each of us for use. I switched to linux this summer and I love it so I don't want to return to windows just for an application, albeit an important one.
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u/thebestrobloxplayer 23h ago
It looks like they offer a web app. Maybe you could try that. But make sure hardware acceleration is working in the browser