Install Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1 on Linux

install-ade-201.md

TODO

• Install ADE 2.0.1 via winetricks if it's ever added (Winetricks/winetricks#991)

Prerequisites

• Wine
• Winetricks

Install Adobe Digital Editions 2.0.1

export WINEARCH=win32
# Using a separate Wine prefix is best practice to avoid breaking other Wine apps
export WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wineprefixes/adobe_diged2

# Set up new Wine prefix
wineboot

# Install prerequisites
winetricks -q dotnet35sp1
winetricks -q windowscodecs
winetricks -q corefonts

# Install ADE 2.0.1
wget http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/digitaleditions/ADE_2.0_Installer.exe
wine ADE_2.0_Installer.exe

Create desktop entry

1. (Optional) Extract application icon

   cd ~/.local/share/wineprefixes/adobe_diged2/drive_c/Program\ Files/Adobe/Adobe\ Digital\ Editions\ 2.0/
   7z x DigitalEditions.exe .rsrc/ICON -aoa
   cd -
   

2. Create the desktop entry

   echo "[Desktop Entry]
   Type=Application
   Name=Adobe Digital Editions 2.0
   Exec=env WINEPREFIX=/home/$USER/.local/share/wineprefixes/adobe_diged2 wine \"/home/$USER/.local/share/wineprefixes/adobe_diged2/drive_c/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Digital Editions 2.0/DigitalEditions.exe\"
   Icon=/home/$USER/.local/share/wineprefixes/adobe_diged2/drive_c/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Digital Editions 2.0/.rsrc/ICON/4.ico
   Terminal=false" > ~/.local/share/applications/adobedigitaleditions2.desktop
   

Open ADE 2.0.1

Open with the desktop entry, or:

export WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wineprefixes/adobe_diged2; wine $WINEPREFIX/drive_c/Program\ Files/Adobe/Adobe\ Digital\ Editions\ 2.0/DigitalEditions.exe