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README.md

Quickgui
Quickgui

A Flutter frontend for `quickget` and [quickemu](https://github.com/wimpysworld/quickemu).

Quickgui screenshot

This project is discussed mainly on Discord server

Install

quickemu

For this tool to work, you need to have quickget, from the quickemu package, in your current path. Go to the quickemu github page for more information about installing the tool.

Standard package

On Ubuntu, quickgui can be installed as a standard package.

First, add this ppa (this only needs to be done once) :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannick-mauray/quickgui
sudo apt update

Then, install the pacakge :

sudo apt install quickgui

Pre-compiled binary

  • Download the binary.
  • Uncompress the tarball wherever you want.
  • From anywhere on the filesystem, run the app.
xz quickgui-a.b.c-d.tar.xz
tar xvf quickgui-a.b.c-d.tar
/path/to/quickgui

Alternativelly, use update-alternatives to install quickgui system-wide :

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/local/bin/quickgui quickgui /path/to/quickgui 50

Build

If you don't want to run the binary, you can rebuild the application yourself :

  • Set up Flutter
  • Clone this repo,
  • Switch to the project's directory,
  • Build the project,
  • Run the app.
git clone https://github.com/ymauray/quickgui.git
cd quickgui
flutter build linux --release
./build/linux/x64/release/bundle/quickgui

You can also use update-alternatives for easier access to the app.

Usage

From the main screen, select the operating system you want to use. The list can be filtered.

Main screen
List of supported operating systems
Search a distribution

Then, select the version :

Main screen after selection of the operating system
Versions of the selected operating system

If there are some options (Windows language, Pop!_OS nvidia or Intel, etc..), they will be displayed :

Choose an option
Option is diplayed

Then click "Download". The ISO will be downloaded in the current working directory, in 99% of cases that will be the directory where quickgui was invoked from.

Waiting for download
Downloading
Download finished