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General Category => Rhubarb => Topic started by: Thrash on February 18, 2021, 10:16:08 AM

Title: WoeUSB-ng - A Linux program to create a Windows USB stick installer from a real
Post by: Thrash on February 18, 2021, 10:16:08 AM

(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng/master/WoeUSB/data/woeusb-logo.png)
A Linux program to create a Windows USB stick installer from a real Windows DVD or image.

This package contains two programs:
woeusb: A command-line utility that enables you to create your own bootable Windows installation USB storage device from an existing Windows Installation disc or disk image
woeusbgui: Graphic version of woeusb

Supported images:
Windows Vista, Windows 7, Window 8.x, Windows 10. All languages and any version (home, pro...) and Windows PE are supported.

Supported bootmodes:
Legacy/MBR-style/IBM PC compatible bootmode
Native UEFI booting is supported for Windows 7 and later images (limited to the FAT filesystem as the target)
This project rewrite of original WoeUSB

Installation

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Arch Linux
yay woeusb-ng

For other distributions
Install WoeUSB-ng's Build Dependencies

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Ubuntu
sudo apt install git p7zip-full python3-pip python3-wxgtk4.0

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Fedora (tested on: Fedora Workstation 33)
sudo dnf install git p7zip p7zip-plugins python3-pip python3-wxpython4

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Install WoeUSB-ng
sudo pip3 install WoeUSB-ng

Installation from source code
Install WoeUSB-ng's Build Dependencies

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Ubuntu
sudo apt install git p7zip-full python3-pip python3-wxgtk4.0

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Arch
sudo pacman -Suy p7zip python-pip python-wxpython

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Fedora (tested on: Fedora Workstation 33)
sudo dnf install git p7zip p7zip-plugins python3-pip python3-wxpython4

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Install WoeUSB-ng
git clone https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng.git
cd WoeUSB-ng
sudo pip3 install .

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Installation from source code locally or in virtual environment
git clone https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng.git
cd WoeUSB-ng
git apply development.patch
sudo pip3 install -e .

Please note that this will not create menu shortcut and you may need to run gui twice as it may want to adjust policy.

Uninstalling
To remove WoeUSB-ng completely run (needed only when using installation from source code):

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sudo pip3 uninstall WoeUSB-ng
sudo rm /usr/share/icons/WoeUSB-ng/icon.ico \
    /usr/share/applications/WoeUSB-ng.desktop \
    /usr/local/bin/woeusbgui
sudo rmdir /usr/share/icons/WoeUSB-ng/

License
WoeUSB-ng is distributed under the GPL license.

Title: Re: WoeUSB-ng - A Linux program to create a Windows USB stick installer from a real
Post by: Thrash on February 18, 2021, 10:39:12 AM

Link:
https://github.com/WoeUSB/WoeUSB-ng

Title: Re: WoeUSB-ng - A Linux program to create a Windows USB stick installer from a real
Post by: Thrash on February 18, 2021, 10:41:23 AM

Here's another article about it:
https://opensource.com/article/21/2/linux-woeusb