I've been trying for hours to get Ventoy working on Linux. I downloaded the ventoy-1.1.17-linux.tar.gz archive, extracted it, and tried launching VentoyGUI.x86_64. Double-clicking did nothing, so I opened a terminal and ran chmod +x VentoyGUI.x86_64 followed by sudo ./VentoyGUI.x86_64. The GUI finally opened, but installation failed with the message "error occurred during installation." I also tried the web-server method, but that failed too. Is there a straightforward way to diagnose this, or is something specific required for the distribution, desktop environment, or USB drive?
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You can avoid the GUI and use Ventoy’s command-line tools from the extracted directory, but be extremely careful to identify the correct USB device because installation repartitions and formats it. A drive working for ordinary file transfers or a previous image flash doesn’t completely rule out a device, partition, or permission problem. Checking the drive and seeing whether it is mounted or in use may help.
After extracting the archive, open a terminal in the Ventoy directory and run ./VentoyGUI.x86_64. The program should request administrator authentication when it needs to modify the USB drive. The exact cause of an installation failure isn’t clear without the terminal output or a log, so checking those would be the next step. Also verify that the archive downloaded correctly and that the target drive is actually the one selected.
A typical setup is simply to extract the tar.gz file, enter the extracted directory, and run sudo ./VentoyGUI.x86_64. On some systems the GUI works normally once launched from the terminal. If it still fails, the Linux distribution and desktop environment matter, so include those details along with the complete error output.
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