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Photoshop CC 2018 on Pop!_OS/Ubuntu Installation Guide

Photoshop CC 2018 on Pop!_OS installation guide

1 . Install Wine

Enable 32 bit architecture:

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Download and add repository key:

wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
sudo apt-key add winehq.key

Add repository:

Ubuntu 19.04 - sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ disco main'

Ubuntu 18.10 - sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ cosmic main'

Ubuntu 18.04 and Linux Mint 19.x - sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main'

Ubuntu 16.04 and Linux Mint 18.x - sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ xenial main'

Update packages:

sudo apt update

Install Wine:

sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

2 . Get WineTricks

Install WineTricks:

cd "${HOME}/Downloads"
wget  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks
chmod +x winetricks

Run WineTricks

winetricks gdiplus vcrun2010 vcrun2012 vcrun2013 vcrun2015 msxml3 msxml6 atmlib corefonts

3 . Create WinePrefix

In the command below , there are two things to change

/full/path/to/prefix is the path to the wineprefix , which by default is ~/.wine , so just put ~/.wine in place of /full/path/to/prefix or if you have other wine apps depending on this prefix , you can make a new one and replace it here instead

Guide to make a new one - https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#Can_I_store_the_virtual_Windows_installation_somewhere_other_than_.7E.2F.wine.3F

/full/path/to/directory is just your home directory , so just put in ~/

WINEPREFIX=/full/path/to/prefix wineboot -u WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=/full/path/to/directory winetricks fontsmooth=rgb gdiplus vcrun2008 vcrun2010 vcrun2012 vcrun2013 vcrun2015 atmlib msxml3 msxml6 gdiplus corefonts

Easy copy paste for people who want the defaults

WINEPREFIX=~/.wine wineboot -u WINEARCH=win64 WINEPREFIX=~/ winetricks fontsmooth=rgb gdiplus vcrun2008 vcrun2010 vcrun2012 vcrun2013 vcrun2015 atmlib msxml3 msxml6 gdiplus corefonts

3 . Get Photoshop

To get photoshop running , we need to have the extracted files on our drive , so install photoshop on a windows pc , and copy the installed files from c:/program files/adobe/photoshop to your linux drive

Or you can setup a virtual machine and do the same

Or get a patched portable build

4 . Configure Wine

WINEPREFIX=/full/path/to/prefix winecfg

Again , /full/path/to/prefix is to replaced by the location of your wine prefix , which is ~/.wine by default

Easy Copy Paste for people who have the default wineprefix

WINEPREFIX=~/.wine winecfg

Select Windows 8.1 from windows version on the bottom

5 . Run Photoshop

/full/path/to/prefix - Path to prefix , ~/.wine by default

/full/path/to/Photoshop.exe - Pretty Self Explanatory , this should point to your photoshop.exe which you copied over earlier for eg - if my photoshop is copied to ~/apps/photoshop , then i would replace the line by ~/apps/photoshop/Photoshop.exe

WINEPREFIX=/full/path/to/prefix wine64 /full/path/to/Photoshop.exe

Easy copy paste for people with the defaults , still needs editing for path to photoshop.exe

WINEPREFIX=~/.wine wine64 /full/path/to/Photoshop.exe

Finish (for now)

Credits/Thanks:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/7ql4kl/the_screenshots_of_photoshop_cc_2018_64bit_on/

https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ

https://wiki.winehq.org/Winetricks

https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu

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ghost commented Nov 27, 2021

THANKS!!!
Is this compatible with x64 version of photoshop? I got it working in the x32 portable, but not in x64

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