Install

Getting started takes five short steps, and this first one is mostly waiting for a download. Once it’s installed, HappyVibe keeps itself up to date (one Linux package is the exception, see below).

Download the app

Open the latest release and pick the file for your computer:

• macOS (Apple silicon): the .dmg.
• Windows (x64): the Setup.exe.
• Linux (x64): the .deb or the .AppImage. The Linux section below helps you choose.

On an Arm Windows PC, the same Setup.exe works: Windows runs it under emulation.

Install on macOS

1. Open the .dmg.
2. Drag HappyVibe to Applications.
3. Open it from Applications. It opens like any other app.

Install on Windows

1. Run the Setup.exe.
2. Windows shows a SmartScreen warning the first time. Click More info.
3. Click Run anyway.
4. Follow the installer’s screens. It installs for your user only, so there’s no admin prompt, and you can change the folder it installs to.

The SmartScreen warning is expected for this early build. It costs two extra clicks, on the first run only.

Install on Linux

Two packages, one choice:

• .deb installs cleanly on Ubuntu and Debian. It doesn’t update itself: download each new version from the same release page.

• .AppImage runs anywhere and updates itself, but it needs libfuse2. Ubuntu 22.04 and later don’t include it, so install it first:

  sudo apt install libfuse2

  Without libfuse2, a double-click on the AppImage does nothing at all, with no error. The .deb doesn’t have this problem. That’s why there are two.

Caution

The Linux build is new. It’s checked automatically on every change, but nobody has opened it on a real Linux computer yet. If something looks off, tell us in a GitHub issue.

Next

The download was the boring part. On to First launch, where HappyVibe says hello.