Installing / getting Fitbit 2.0 simulator to run in Ubuntu 18.04 Linux

List of commands that were used.

1) Installing Wine so it will work with FitBit Simulator 2.0 0:00
sudo apt install wine-stable (wine 3.0)
sudo apt install winetricks
winetricks -q corefonts

Note: you should have already created your FitBit Developer User login and Password.

2) Installing Fitbit Simulator 2.0 into Wine 3:46
https://dev.fitbit.com/getting-started/
https://simulator-updates.fitbit.com/download-win

-go to directory where program was downloaded
-open in terminal
-wine Fitbit OS Simulator Setup 0.5.6.exe

Note: login to fitbit using your username and password

3) Switch Simulator from Ionic to Versa 5:58
sed -i — ‘s/t.appDeviceType=”ionic”/t.appDeviceType=”versa”/g’ .wine/drive_c/users/ubu1804/Local Settings/Application Data/Programs/@fitbitsimulator/resources/app.asar

wine “/home/ubu1804/.wine/drive_c/users/ubu1804/Local Settings/Application Data/Programs/@fitbitsimulator/Fitbit OS Simulator.exe”

or

4) Switch Simulator from Versa to Ionic 6:50
sed -i — ‘s/t.appDeviceType=”versa”/t.appDeviceType=”ionic”/g’ .wine/drive_c/users/ubu1804/Local Settings/Application Data/Programs/@fitbitsimulator/resources/app.asar

wine “/home/ubu1804/.wine/drive_c/users/ubu1804/Local Settings/Application Data/Programs/@fitbitsimulator/Fitbit OS Simulator.exe”

All thanks go to the Wine group and the people in it to get this working.

source

ubuntu