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@gitclone navigate to /opt/winboat and execute the winboat binary with ./winboat

how do you use it? after makepkg there is no command to open it?

@ArjixWasTaken you have to update the sha256 to the new version

I am getting the same error as well:

==> Making package: winboat-bin 0.8.3-1 (Tue 23 Sep 2025 23:03:45) ==> Retrieving sources... -> Downloading winboat-0.8.3-amd64.deb... % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0 100 95.3M 100 95.3M 0 0 17.0M 0 0:00:05 0:00:05 --:--:-- 20.9M ==> Validating source files with sha256sums... winboat-0.8.3-amd64.deb ... FAILED ==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check! error: failed to download sources for 'winboat-bin-0.8.3-1': error: packages failed to build: winboat-bin-0.8.3-1

winboat archinux hyperland dont start but AppImage can open [19:24] and update fail too T_T [19:24] ==> Making package: winboat-bin 0.8.3-1 (Mon 22 Sep 2025 07:23:30 PM +07) ==> Checking runtime dependencies... ==> Checking buildtime dependencies... ==> Retrieving sources... -> Found winboat-0.8.3-amd64.deb ==> Validating source files with sha256sums... winboat-0.8.3-amd64.deb ... FAILED ==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check! -> error making: winboat-bin-exit status 1 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required: winboat-bin - exit status 1

Hello @matthewq337, I am a co-maintainer of aur/winboat

And I've set up a workflow to automatically bump the version, I could tell you how to do the same, or you could add me as a co-maintainer here as well.

PS: if you feel like looking into this on your own, look for nvchecker and pkgctl

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Edit: just looked at your name, and it turns out you are the other maintainer of winboat :laugh:

@ZorinArch fixed, thanks

There is now DEB binary we can build from it instead build from source. You can use this PKGBUILD:

# Maintainer: Matt Quintanilla <matt @ matt quintanilla .xyz>

pkgname=winboat-bin
pkgver=0.7.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc='Run Windows apps on Linux with seamless integration'
arch=(x86_64)
url='https://github.com/TibixDev/winboat'
license=('MIT')
depends=(
  'docker'
  'docker-compose'
  'freerdp'
  'gtk3'
  'alsa-lib'
  'nss'
)
provides=('winboat')
conflicts=('winboat')
options=('!strip' '!debug')
source=("https://github.com/TibixDev/winboat/releases/download/v${pkgver}/winboat-${pkgver}-amd64.deb")
sha256sums=('482e4786a745980abc1da4874057793afb075bfc0475a9e4506c6db246d2cefe')

prepare() {
    bsdtar -xf data.tar.xz
}

package() {
    # Install files from deb package
    cp -r --preserve=mode,timestamps opt/ "${pkgdir}/"
    cp -r --preserve=mode,timestamps usr/ "${pkgdir}/"

    # Fix permissions if needed
    find "${pkgdir}" -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
    find "${pkgdir}" -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
    chmod 755 "${pkgdir}/opt/winboat/winboat" 2>/dev/null || true
}

@matthewq337: Please see my improved PKGBUILD (paste expires in one month).

@matthewq337 I'm afraid the GitHub "archive" link ($url/archive/v$pkgver/$pkgver.zip) is always an archive with the sources, not the binary version - you can find the built versions in the releases, e.g. https://github.com/TibixDev/winboat/releases/download/v0.7.1/winboat-linux-unpacked.zip. For the binary package it should not be necessary to build with Go and npm. Not sure if @yochananmarqos's message caused some confusion, but this package here (winboat-bin) is the binary package.

Related to the license link I'm afraid that linking to the HTML version on the GitHub website instead to the raw license file may cause problems, as the hash will change when the HTML of GitHub changes.