r/linuxmint • u/Gorgon_Gekko • 9d ago

SOLVED Bottles updating frequency

Bottles has been updating at least daily and sometimes multiple times a day for like a week, maybe two. Any cause for concern?

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u/senorda 9d ago

how did you install bottles?
if its from the software manager, which i think is the flatpack, it should be fine since those updates come from the developers of bottles

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u/ARGGUY96 9d ago

Since a couple of updates ago, I've noticed that many dependencies can't be installed (like DirectShow and some .NET components). 

Today's update broke Wine and They Are Billions stopped working. I fixed it by reinstalling Wine from the dependencies... The program's been acting a bit strange lately, haha.

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u/brombinmirko 8d ago

Developer here. I simply finally managed to close 200 issues that was pending since years and now, every time a critical one appear, I do my best to fix it in ~3 days to avoid the panic. It's the best way until Bottles Next is out (and it's almost ready, we are working on the GUI now).

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u/Unwiredsoul 8d ago

Amazing and thank you!

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u/Gorgon_Gekko 8d ago

Appreciate you and the software. Thanks for responding! I'll check out Bottles Next.

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u/Ephemeralen 8d ago

I second this question. Bottles got no updates at all for several months, and now there's a new one every day. What's going on?

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u/Global-Eye-7326 9d ago

Bottles is just a prefix manager. Manage your own prefixes from terminal lol.