Checking container status... Failed! & .winapps-setup-wrapped error - NixOS with Flakes

[io-mix]

Hello, I am trying to set up WinApps on NixOS but i keep getting the errors named in the title.
All used configs are listed as attachments at the buttom.

Console output after 'winapps-setup'

################################################################################
#                                                                              #
#                            WinApps Install Wizard                            #
#                                                                              #
################################################################################

Q) Install or uninstall WinApps? --> Install
Q) Configure WinApps for the current user 'io' or the whole system? --> Current User
Q) Automatically install supported applications or choose manually? --> Manual (Default)

/nix/store/34fc00b14c5g03ph8bxhipv4pzy2lhz9-winapps-0-unstable-2025-03-12/bin/.winapps-setup-wrapped: line 152: 
[[: /nix/store/34fc00b14c5g03ph8bxhipv4pzy2lhz9-winapps-0-unstable-2025-03-12/bin: syntax error: operand expected 
(error token is "/nix/store/34fc00b14c5g03ph8bxhipv4pzy2lhz9-winapps-0-unstable-2025-03-12/bin")

Installing WinApps.
Attempting to load WinApps configuration file... Done!
Checking whether dependencies are installed... Done!
Checking container status... Failed!

ERROR: CONTAINER NOT RUNNING.
Windows is not running.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please ensure Windows is powered on:
docker compose --file ~/.config/winapps/compose.yaml start
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Exiting with status '11'.

It appears that the problem on .winapps-setup-wrapped line 152 might cause the setup to fail.
.winapps-setup-wrapped is a winapps nix specific file it seems.

    # Check if winapps is currently installed on $SOURCE_PATH
    if [[ -f "$SCRIPT_DIR_PATH/winapps" && "$SCRIPT_DIR_PATH" -ne "$SOURCE_PATH" ]]; then
        # Display a warning.

I am using NixOS with Plasma on Wayland.

I have set up the 'tiny11' Docker like in the documentation.
The container is running and accessible via the web browser @ 127.0.0.1:8020
It has a username and a passwort.

FreeRDP ( freerdp Version: 3.12.0 ) is installed as a nixpkgs 'pkgs.freerdp3'
I can connect to the tiny11 instance using freerdp via the following commands:

- xfreerdp /u:"my_user" /p:"my_password" /v:127.0.0.1 /cert:tofu
- wlfreerdp /u:"my_user" /p:"my_password" /v:127.0.0.1 /cert:tofu

winapps.conf is configured with user, password and FREERDP_COMMAND="xfreerdp" in ~/.config/winapps/winapps.conf

WinApps is set in flake.nix and imported as a module.

Configs with DOTtxt so i can upload them.:

• compose.yaml.txt
• winapps.conf.txt
• DOTwinapps-setup-wrapped.txt

[oskardotglobal]

• Can you run docker commands as an unprivileged user, such as docker ps?
• Don't set the FREERDP_COMMAND in the config, the Nix package handles that for you

[io-mix]

hey mate, your point about docker got me thinking and i found the problem,

It was in the compose.yaml FILE.
container_name: MUST apparently be 'WinApps', when I first copied the compose file from your repo i changed container_name: to 'winapps' because I like to have all my container names in lowercase.

Running winapps-setup didn't warn me about the container name but winapps-launcher did.

WinApps now works but weirdly enough during the setup the nixstore message is still present.

/nix/store/34fc00b14c5g03ph8bxhipv4pzy2lhz9-winapps-0-unstable-2025-03-12/bin/.winapps-setup-wrapped: line 152: [[: /nix/store/34fc00b14c5g03ph8bxhipv4pzy2lhz9-winapps-0-unstable-2025-03-12/bin: syntax error: operand expected (error token is "/nix/store/34fc00b14c5g03ph8bxhipv4pzy2lhz9-winapps-0-unstable-2025-03-12/bin")

nonetheless to answer to your points

• my non-root user can use all docker commands, as i am in the docker user as well.
• same output with FREERDP_COMMAND unset as well as with it commented.

I thank you for your Answer.

PS. is there a way to point winapps to a diffrent container name, maybe in winapps.conf?

[oskardotglobal]

No, but that's a planned feature for the rewrite. The error message is something I will patch out on next release