Installation

The main way to install NoHAL is from the GitHub releases page:

Install From A Release

The current repository is set up to produce Linux desktop release artifacts:

Use .deb if you are on a Debian-based system such as Debian, Ubuntu, or Linux Mint and you want a normal installed application.

Use AppImage if you want a portable build that does not install system-wide or if you are on another Linux distribution that can run AppImages.

Recommended for Debian-based systems.

Install it with your package manager or desktop software installer. From a terminal, the usual pattern is:

bash

sudo apt install ./NoHAL-<version>-linux-<arch>.deb

Use the actual file name you downloaded from the releases page.

Choose this when you want the application installed in the normal way and integrated with your desktop.

Recommended when you want a portable build or do not want to install a package.

An AppImage does not need to be installed. Make it executable and run it:

bash

chmod +x NoHAL-<version>-linux-<arch>.AppImage
./NoHAL-<version>-linux-<arch>.AppImage

If you are working from the repository rather than a packaged release, you can run NoHAL from source:

bash

pnpm install
pnpm dev

This is also the way to run NoHAL on Windows or macOS, since the release artifacts documented above are Linux-focused.

The current repository expects: