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[Bug]: Bottles incorrectly reports successful installation when a dependency fails to install #4820
Description
Describe the bug
When installing a dependency from the dependencies list, if the installation fails, Bottles still displays "dependency_name installed". Additionally, it moves the failed dependency to the bottom of the list, making it harder to locate. The app should instead inform the user of the failure.
To Reproduce
- Go to the dependencies of any bottle.
- Install a dependency that will fail (
dotnet35at the moment of writing this).
Package
Flatpak from Flathub
Distribution
Arch Linux
Debugging Information
Official Package: true
Version: '67.3'
DE/WM: gnome
Display:
X.org: true
X.org (port): :0
Wayland: true
Graphics:
vendors:
amd:
vendor: amd
envs:
DRI_PRIME: '1'
icd: /usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/GL/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.x86_64.json:/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/GL/vulkan/icd.d/radeon_icd.i686.json
prime:
integrated: null
discrete: null
Vulkan: true
Kernel:
Type: Linux
Version: 6.18.51-1-lts
Disk:
Total: 8355123200
Free: 8353607680
RAM:
MemTotal: 15.6GiB
MemAvailable: 11.8GiB
Bottles_envs: nullTroubleshooting Logs
Additional context
No response
Activity
philipzae commentedon Sep 30, 2026
Yes this is a major problem and bottles should do some type of check after running the installer file to confirm that the installation was successful, so its easy to catch failed installation when they are run, especially when the installers are run silently so users have some idea that the error happened.
fix[closes bottlesdevs#4820]: report failed dependency installers
mirkobrombin commentedon Oct 26, 2026
A failed dependency installer now stops the installation and is no longer recorded as installed. This also applies when a prerequisite fails.
Available in main and the latest cpak build.