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skawzy

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Registered: 2025-01-02

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Installing Windows Apps (Adobe)

Hello there,

I never installed Windows programs on Linux.

I used Linux before but I'm not experienced enough to do some things yet so I decide to ask here.

I'm using Arch Linux and I would like to install some Adobe programs. I read on google that with Wine I can install Windows programs.

I already have installation (exe) files for programs I want to install.

The question is, is there any tutorial on this forum how can I safely and on the best way install exe files on Linux?

Lone_Wolf

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Re: Installing Windows Apps (Adobe)

I suggest to start with reading https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Wine .

Each program is likely to need different settings, https://appdb.winehq.org/ has a lot of info.
(proton DB is also good, but tends to focus on gaming)

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skawzy

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Re: Installing Windows Apps (Adobe)

Thank you very much Lone!

skawzy

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Re: Installing Windows Apps (Adobe)

I read about Wine on this forum Wiki, and to be honest I don't like it, and AUR also.

I found out that I can use Davinci Resolve program. It can be a good alternative to Adobe Premiere Pro and I found it here.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Help:R … f_packages

As I can see and understand, it can be installed but with AUR ? I'm correct?

cryptearth

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Re: Installing Windows Apps (Adobe)

I read about Wine on this forum Wiki, and to be honest I don't like it, and AUR also.

then you're pretty much stuck
on a base system you have access to the core and extra repos - plus multilib after enable it - and then that's it
if you want to run "foreign" software - especially windows software - you pretty much need wine ... well, unless you want to setup an entire windows vm in which case the question shifts more towards: why you use linux in the first place then?

you can look for linux alternatives - but unless they're officially supported by arch and made it into the main repos your options are:

1) download source from some repo, build it your own, install locally - pretty much the oldschool

./configure
make
sudo make install

2) add additional repos to pacman
3) use AUR and maybe an AUR helper

with all the options are pretty much the same with 1 and 3 downloading source and compiling yourself (AUR also has many <package>-bin packages to avoid building from scratch) and 2 trusting others to do a good job providing pre-built packages
also: adding additional repos to pacman can come with issues like conflicts when multiple repos provide conflicting packages

overall the AUR is the best of the above three options along with an AUR helper which makes things easier - because most devs supporting arch often point to it anyway or have the manual process on thier readme (an AUR helper pretty much automate things in terms of downloading source and managing dependencies as well as install after building - which all can be done manual)

if deny both wine and aur (or any user provided stuff for that matter) maybe arch or even linux isn't a good option but windows or mac is

skawzy

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Re: Installing Windows Apps (Adobe)

Thank you for your reply.

well, unless you want to setup an entire windows vm in which case the question shifts more towards: why you use linux in the first place then?

The one and only reason is privacy. I only used Windows. Since their updates violates user privacy more and more, i decided to switch on Linux. I used Linux before but not to much.

After some time spend on researching I found out that the best option is Arch Linux.

I'm a programmer and a gamer at the same time. Almost all my games work perfectly on Arch Linux on KDE Plasma. Most or almost all the things I used to use on Win I can use on Arch Linux so I don't see any reason to stay on Win which will be the worst and worst.

Now i need photoshop and some good video editor (premiere pro or davinci) but for all i will need AUR or Wine.

Btw I just found a software for video editing "Kdenlive" that can be used on Arch Linux and the fastest way to install it is FLATPAK so i will use it.

Last edited by skawzy (2025-01-05 09:37:27)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: Installing Windows Apps (Adobe)

Btw I just found a software for video editing "Kdenlive" that can be used on Arch Linux and the fastest way to install it is FLATPAK so i will use it

No need for using flatpak as kdenlive is in official repos , see https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/kdenlive/ .

General Hint : flatpak design doesn't work well with a rolling release like archlinux, use flatpak only as a last resort.

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skawzy

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Registered: 2025-01-02

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Re: Installing Windows Apps (Adobe)

Thanks for letting me know.

I have in plan to reinstall arch linux completely after I do some tests, so I will skip the flatpak.