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    Hello there! 👋
Despite the fact that many people on the forums have said it isn't possible, using the latest version of Vape V4 on Linux via Wine is very much possible, and I was able to do it in under an hour of trial and error. I'm using Pop OS, but you can likely get it to work with any version of Linux (and potentially macOS, although I haven't tried).
Of course, this is obviously not supported. If this doesn't work for you, I can try my best to help, but obviously Manthe/Vape support will not help you at all. Please do not bother them with this. Some features may be broken; I'm personally struggling to get profile saving to work correctly (I'm not sure why)
If you're looking for a crack or anything like that, you won't find that here. You obviously need to own Vape for this to work.
1. Installing Wine.

First things first, you need to install Wine. If you don't know, Wine is a free and open source program that attempts to allow Windows software to run on UNIX like operating systems (Linux, macOS, BSD, etc).
Install Wine via your distributions package manager - mine is apt-get, but I'm assuming you'll know how to use yours.
# apt-get:
$ sudo apt-get install wine

# pacman:
$ sudo pacman -S wine

# brew (macOS):
$ brew tap homebrew/cask-versions
$ brew install --cask --no-quarantine wine-stable
Before going any further, we need to set up Wine to "emulate" Windows 10, not XP, by running winecfg.
You should see a window like this - select Windows 10 and close winecfg.

2. Installing a Windows JRE.

In order for the Vape launcher to detect Minecraft and be able to correctly attach to it and load its DLL/classes, we need to be running Minecraft itself via Wine. Before we can do this however, we need to have a Windows JRE installed.
I wasn't able to get the official JRE working, but had success using the Azul JRE (used by Lunar Client). I want to use Minecraft 1.8, so I will use Java 8. If you're trying to play on a newer version of Minecraft, you'll need a newer JRE.
Head on over to the Azul JRE download page. Scroll down and select your Java version (Java 8 if you want to only play Minecraft 1.7 or 1.8, this is also what I'm covering here). Select Windows as your operating system, x86 64-bit as your architecture, and JDK as your package. Make sure you download the zip, as I wasn't able to get the installer to run under Wine.

Where exactly we extract the JRE to doesn't matter, as we'll select it manually later. However, it needs to be in Wine's virtual C drive. Wine stores its virtual C drive at ~/.wine/drive_c. Let's make a Java directory in Program Files.
$ mkdir -p ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Java
Now, we can extract our JRE and move it into our Wine's Java directory. The name of the file you downloaded might not be the same as mine, depending on region and your Java version. You should be able to simple start typing "zulu" and press tab. Replace all instances of my file name with your version.
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ unzip zulu8.68.0.21-ca-jre8.0.362-win_x64.zip
$ mv ./zulu8.68.0.21-ca-jre8.0.362-win_x64/ ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Java/zulu8.68.0.21-ca-jre8.0.362-win_x64/
Assuming this all went to plan, we should now be able to test our new Java installation:
$ cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Java/zulu8.68.0.21-ca-jre8.0.362-win_x64/
$ cd bin
$ wine ./javaw.exe -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_362"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Zulu 8.68.0.21-CA-win64) (build 1.8.0_362-b09)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Zulu 8.68.0.21-CA-win64) (build 25.362-b09, mixed mode)
3. Installing Minecraft

We now have a working installation of Wine, and a Windows Java environment to run Minecraft under. Now, we just need to install Minecraft!
I'm going to be using MultiMC for this guide, as I wasn't able to get the official Minecraft launcher to run under Wine. I was able to get Lunar Client installed, but couldn't consistently get it running (I suspect Electron has some issues under Wine). If anyone reading this is able to get Lunar working, please let me know and I'll update the guide!
Head on over to the MultiMC website, scroll down to the Download & Installation section, and click on the Windows download button.

Unlike our JRE, we don't need to move this anywhere special. Simply extract it, and we can set it up with Wine.
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ extract mmc-develop-win32.zip
$ cd ./MultiMC
$ wine ./MultiMC.exe
After selecting your language, you'll be faced with a screen asking you to select a Java installation to run Minecraft under. We'll need to select our Azul installation from the last step, which probably won't be automatically detected. Click on browse, and we can navigate to where we extracted our JRE to. Select javaw.exe in the bin directory, like so:

Click on Open, and Next. Click on Finish, and you should be greeted with MultiMC's main screen. Congratulations! We now have a Minecraft launcher running under Wine! While this might not seem remarkable, remember that this is a native Windows program running under your UNIX-like OS!

Select the version you want to use (1.8.9 for this tutorial, remember that newer versions of Minecraft won't work with the JRE we're using!). Now, double click the Minecraft installation. After downloading the game, Minecraft should now open! Congratulations!

Remember, this is a separate installation of Minecraft. You'll need to set up your settings/keybindings again, and copy your resource packs and saves over. If you are unfamiliar with MultiMC, your.minecraft folder (and thus resource packs, saves, etc.) will be located at ~/Downloads/MultiMC/instances/1.8.9/.minecraft/.
3.1. Adding Optifine to Minecraft (optional)

In order to add Optifine to your Minecraft installation, run your new installation once normally first. Then, go to the Optifine Download page, click Show all versions, and download Minecraft 1.8.9 (or whatever Minecraft version you are using). Alternatively, you can access it directly here.
Let's run the Optifine JAR. We don't need to use our special Wine JRE for this, you can use whatever JRE you have installed.
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ java -jar OptiFine_1.8.9_HD_U_M5.jar 
Once the Optifine launcher opens, click on extract. Extract to your Downloads, or wherever you want. You can delete it after.
Now, go back into MultiMC. Right click on your installation from before and click on Edit Instance. Click on Version on the left, and then Add to Minecraft.jar. Navigate to the Optifine JAR we extracted. Make sure you select the jar ending in _MOD, NOT the original Optifine JAR you downloaded.

Launch Minecraft, and you should now have Optifine installed!

4. Preparing Vape

Before injecting Vape, we'll need to set our HWID. Head on over to the Vape HWID page, and download the exe. Run it using wine, just like we've done with every exe so far:
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ wine ./hwid.exe
This window should pop up, and your HWID should be copied. Just in case it doesn't copy, the title of the window displays your HWID as well.

From my testing, the HWID under Wine is always 0, but I haven't tested under macOS. Regardless, don't be alarmed by this. Go back to the HWID page, and paste in your newly created HWID.
Now, we're ready to go download Vape V4. Just like before, we'll run it under Wine.
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ mv aNFvhZ9Ka1.exe VapeV4.exe # Whatever your Vape download was called
$ wine ./VapeV4.exe

If you are still having issues with crashing, try messing around with video settings and memory allocation. I've found more consistent results without mipmapping or VSync, as well as allocating a full 8GB to Minecraft in MultiMC.
NOTE TO I3WM USERS: If your Minecraft has no title (note how all the screenshots in this section have the ugly border!) you WILL CRASH ON INJECTION! This took me ages to figure out. Toggle F11 on and off (maybe repeatedly!), and you should manage to get these borders. This seems to be an i3/Wine bug. If you don't use i3, you should be able to ignore this.

5. Conclusion

That's it! When I first wanted to do this myself, I saw many people on the forums try to ask for help doing this, only to be told that it's impossible. As a few people were smart enough to point out, the Vape V4 launcher is protected using Themida, which is designed to make debugging/tampering with the injection process harder. People are falsely under the impression that Themida makes this process more difficult, or attempts to block Vape from running under a VM, which is false. The ability to do this isn't a security issues on Vape's end, and this isn't anything secret that I'm sharing.

Like I mentioned at the start, this is a janky process, and you may experience random crashes and issues while using Vape. However,on my own testing, I have been able to enable Blatant Mode and use all modules without crashing. This is perfectly safe, and you will not get your Vape account in trouble, nor is it any less safe on Hypixel or whatever you play on. (Be safe like always :P)
Let me know what you think! I hope this was able to help some of you!
Have a great day! 😄