Install Borealis on Linux

For x86_64 PCs. Pick the AppImage, which runs on most distributions without installing, or the package for your distribution.

AppImage Debian / Ubuntu (.deb) Fedora / openSUSE (.rpm)

AppImage

1. Download Borealis_1.4.0_amd64.AppImage.
2. Make it executable, in your file manager's properties or in a terminal:

   chmod +x Borealis_1.4.0_amd64.AppImage

3. Open it. To update, download the new AppImage and use it instead of the old one.

The AppImage brings its own libraries but uses your system's graphics and GTK 3 base, which every desktop has.

Debian and Ubuntu (.deb)

sudo apt install ./Borealis_1.4.0_amd64.deb

It needs libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 and libgtk-3-0; apt installs them if they are missing. To update, install the new .deb the same way.

Fedora and openSUSE (.rpm)

sudo dnf install ./Borealis-1.4.0-1.x86_64.rpm

On openSUSE, use sudo zypper install ./Borealis-1.4.0-1.x86_64.rpm. To update, install the new .rpm the same way.

Where your files are

Characters, content and settings are in ~/.local/share/app.borealis, whichever package you use. Updating keeps them.