[TUTORIAL] A WBFS manager under Linux!

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[TUTORIAL] A WBFS manager under Linux!

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Automatically translated from French.

2026 update: this topic dates from 2010 and the tools have changed since. The up-to-date method is in our tutorial Wii: playing your games from a USB hard drive in 2026 (d2x cIOS, WBFS, USB Loader GX).

I'm going to teach you how to have a WBFS Manager, Wiithon on Ubuntu:

You need:

-A computer running Linux :D (I tested it on Ubuntu 10.04, some commands may
differ depending on the distribution).
-An internet connection on this computer.

Wiithon is a WBFS Manager native to Linux which can download covers, read WiiTDB info...

I Installation

To install it, you have a choice between the latest stable version or the development version (more options, but can be unstable, even though I've never had problems with it.).
The installation is done by typing commands in the terminal. The sudo password is required.

For the stable version 1.1 (copy-paste it):

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grep "deb https://ppa.launchpad.net/wii.sceners.linux/wiithon-1.1/ubuntu karmic main" /etc/apt/sources.list || echo deb https://ppa.launchpad.net/wii.sceners.linux/wiithon-1.1/ubuntu karmic main | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 1F882273 && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install wiithon && sudo gpasswd -a $USER disk
For the development version (copy-paste it):

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grep "deb https://ppa.launchpad.net/wii.sceners.linux/wiithon/ubuntu karmic main" /etc/apt/sources.list || echo deb https://ppa.launchpad.net/wii.sceners.linux/wiithon/ubuntu karmic main | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 1F882273 && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install wiithon && sudo gpasswd -a $USER disk
II Usage

Switch the software to French by clicking on the button with the wrench and gear.
In the window, you'll see a drop-down menu with the languages, choose french.
By default, the covers and disc arts will be in spanish.
To have them in french, go into the covers tab, delete all the text in "cover provider" and put this instead:
Spoiler
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover/FR/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover/EN/%s.png
https://www.wiiboxart.com/pal/%s.png
https://boxart.rowdyruff.net/flat/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover/ES/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover/DE/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover/IT/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover/NL/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover/PT/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover/AU/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover/US/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover/JA/%s.png
https://wiiboxart.t35.com/wiiboxart/images/2d/%s.png
https://www.wiiboxart.com/ntsc/%s.png
https://www.wiiboxart.com/ntscj/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover3D/ES/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover3D/EN/%s.png
https://www.wiiboxart.com/3d/160/225/%s.png
https://wiiboxart.t35.com/wiiboxart/images/3d/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover3D/FR/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover3D/DE/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover3D/IT/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover3D/NL/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover3D/PT/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover3D/AU/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover3D/US/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/cover3D/JA/%s.png
https://boxart.rowdyruff.net/3d/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfullHQ/ES/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfullHQ/EN/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfullHQ/FR/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfullHQ/DE/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfullHQ/IT/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfullHQ/NL/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfullHQ/PT/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfullHQ/AU/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfullHQ/US/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfullHQ/JA/%s.png
https://wiiboxart.t35.com/wiiboxart/ima ... een/%s.png
https://www.wiiboxart.com/widescreen/pal/%s.png
https://www.wiiboxart.com/widescreen/ntsc/%s.png
https://www.wiiboxart.com/widescreen/ntscj/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfull/ES/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfull/EN/%s.png
https://www.wiiboxart.com/fullcover/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfull/FR/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfull/DE/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfull/IT/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfull/NL/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfull/PT/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfull/AU/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfull/US/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/coverfull/JA/%s.png
https://wiiboxart.t35.com/wiiboxart/images/full/%s.png
Do the same with "disc provider", and replace it with this:
Spoiler
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disc/FR/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disc/EN/%s.png
https://www.wiiboxart.com/diskart/160/160/%.3s.png
https://wiiboxart.t35.com/wiiboxart/ima ... def/%s.png
https://wiiboxart.t35.com/wiiboxart/ima ... ard/%s.png
https://wiiboxart.t35.com/wiiboxart/ima ... nal/%s.png
https://boxart.rowdyruff.net/fulldisc/%s.png
https://www.wiiboxart.com/discs/%.3s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disc/ES/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disc/DE/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disc/IT/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disc/NL/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disc/PT/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disc/AU/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disc/US/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disc/JA/%s.png
https://boxart.rowdyruff.net/disc/%.3s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disccustom/ES/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disccustom/EN/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disccustom/FR/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disccustom/DE/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disccustom/IT/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disccustom/NL/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disccustom/PT/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disccustom/AU/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disccustom/US/%s.png
https://wiitdb.com/wiitdb/artwork/disccustom/JA/%s.png
Don't forget to update the WiitDB by clicking on the blue button with an i in the main window.
After that, using it is pretty simple. You have your game list, you click on new to add a game or on the next icon to add a folder of games.
There are all the usual options (rename...) by right-clicking on a game.
Explore the software a bit to see the other options!
Last edited by Tgames on Mon 5 Oct 2026 19:36, edited 1 time in total.
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