[Bug] podman-compose installed in brew not detected by installer

[regalen]

What version of WinBoat are you running?

v0.9.0-alpha2

Your Environment

• Bazzite 43 (43.20251118)
• KDE Plasma 6.5.2
• podman-compose version 1.5.0
• podman version 5.7.0

Steps to Reproduce / Context

1. install podman-compose via brew brew install podman-compose
2. reboot system systemctl reboot.
3. Add v0.9.0-alpha2 AppImage into gearlever with args --no-sandbox %U
4. Attempt to install WinBoat using podman but podman-compose not detected
5. Check podman-compose path using which podman-compose and it is /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/podman-compose
6. Check $PATH using echo $PATH and confirm brew is in $PATH already with /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin

Logs

No logs to provide as installation cannot proceed

Expected Behavior

When podman-compose is installed using brew and in $PATH, WinBoat installer should be able to detect it and proceed with installation.

Current Behavior

WinBoat installer for v0.9.0-alpha2 does not detect podman-compose installed via brew.

Possible Solution

Suggest including podman-compose in WinBoat appimage or using quadlets. Ideal solution for those on atomic distributions where layering podman-compose or messing about with brew and $PATH is adding friction to adoption by more users.

See #491

Quality Notice

• I have checked the issue tracker and verified that this bug is a unique case.

[auri-f5bde6]

It would be nice if you can post the content of ~/.winboat/winboat.log!

[regalen]

@auri-f5bde6 There is no winboat.log file in that directory, only container.log with the below

2025-11-20 22:14:05 | ERROR | Error checking podman compose version
2025-11-20 22:14:05 | ERROR | Error: Command failed: podman compose --version
Error: executing podman-compose --version: exec: "podman-compose": executable file not found in $PATH

[auri-f5bde6]

@auri-f5bde6 There is no winboat.log file in that directory, only container.log with the below

2025-11-20 22:14:05 | ERROR | Error checking podman compose version
2025-11-20 22:14:05 | ERROR | Error: Command failed: podman compose --version
Error: executing podman-compose --version: exec: "podman-compose": executable file not found in $PATH

Interesting, hm.
I think it's related to d878953 was meant to solve but im not too sure

[regalen]

With guidance from some of the dev team on discord, I am now able to get podman-compose from brew recognised in the installer by following the following steps;

1. Create custom_vars.sh file in /etc/profile.d/
2. Add export PATH="$PATH:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/" to custom_vars.sh
3. Restart PC

[auri-f5bde6]

With guidance from some of the dev team on discord, I am now able to get podman-compose from brew recognised in the installer by following the following steps;

1. Create custom_vars.sh file in /etc/profile.d/
2. Add export PATH="$PATH:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/" to custom_vars.sh
3. Restart PC

Interesting, out of curiosity, how did you launch the appimage?