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Installing on Linux

Install DunneWrite on Linux from a .deb or an AppImage, and know where your stories are kept.

Available· DunneWrite 0.22.0

DunneWrite for Linux runs on 64-bit Intel and AMD computers (x64). It's free to download and to write with; a licence turns on the AI features. It is tested on Linux Mint 22.

The download page has two files. Pick one:

File	Best for
Linux (.deb)	Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Debian and others that use `apt`. It installs the libraries DunneWrite needs and adds it to your menu.
Linux (AppImage)	Other distributions, or when you can't install software. It's a single file that runs without installing.

To check a file before you open it, run sha256sum followed by the file name, and compare the result with the checksum on the download page.

Installing the .deb#

Download Linux (.deb) from the download page.
In a terminal, in the folder you saved it to, run sudo apt install ./DunneWrite-0.22.0-amd64.deb. Keep the ./ at the front, so apt reads the file instead of looking for a package by that name.
Open DunneWrite from your applications menu, in the Office section.

If an older build of DunneWrite was installed from a .deb, the same command upgrades it. Back up your stories first.

Running the AppImage#

Download Linux (AppImage) from the download page.
Make it runnable: right-click it, choose Properties ▸ Permissions and tick Allow executing file as program, or run chmod +x DunneWrite-0.22.0-x86_64.AppImage.
Double-click it to open DunneWrite.

AppImages need the libfuse2 library. If the AppImage doesn't open, install it with sudo apt install libfuse2t64 on Linux Mint 22 and Ubuntu 24.04, or sudo apt install libfuse2 on older versions.

Saving an AI service key#

DunneWrite keeps the keys for AI services in your desktop's keyring (GNOME Keyring or KWallet). It never writes a key to disk unencrypted, so if no keyring is running it refuses to save one. Most desktops start a keyring for you. Writing without AI needs no keyring.

If DunneWrite doesn't start#

The .deb includes a troubleshooter. Run it in a terminal:

bash /opt/DunneWrite/troubleshoot-dunnewrite.sh

It checks for missing libraries, the keyring and the data folder, and prints the command that fixes each problem. It changes nothing by itself and doesn't use the network. It saves its report to DunneWrite-troubleshooter-report.txt in your home folder; you can attach that report to a support ticket.

Where your stories are kept#

Your work is not stored with the program. It lives in your home folder:

~/.config/dunnewrite

Uninstalling DunneWrite does not delete your stories.
This is the folder to back up, especially before you install a newer version. The first time a newer version opens a story made by an older one, it updates that story's file, and the update is one-way.

Uninstalling#

If you installed the .deb, run sudo apt remove dunnewrite. If you used the AppImage, delete the file. Your stories stay on disk either way. To remove them too, delete the dunnewrite folder shown above.

Next#

Something unclear or out of date? Open a support ticket.