(on Fedora 30, Affinity 1.6.5.135)
Information
I tried to run Affinity previously, but only got to the point of "VK_CHILD_WINDOW_RENDERING" not being implemented and after not using Affinity Photo for a long time to stay with Linux I got the following message on Discord:
So I had to try it out and what can I say? It works flawlessly!
Installation
Download Affinity 1.6.5 from: "https://store.serif.com/de/update/windows/photo/1/"
The following commands are required to install and use Affinity Photo (Run EVERYTHING in the same terminal instance).
Open a terminal in the same folder, you downloaded Affinity into!
# Download and extract the correct wine version
curl -L https://lutris.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/runners/wine/wine-lutris-vkchildwindow-4.12.1-x86_64.tar.xz > wine-lutris-vkchildwindow-4.12.1-x86_64.tar.xz
tar xf wine-lutris-vkchildwindow-4.12.1-x86_64.tar.xz
# Set the path to wine for winetricks to work correctly
export WINE="$PWD/lutris-vkchildwindow-4.12.1-x86_64/bin/wine"
# Remove the old wine prefix
rm -rf ~/.wine
alias wine=$WINE
wine wineboot -i
When this window opens, click on "Cancel"
# Downloading the newest version of winetricks
curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks > winetricks
chmod +x winetricks
Now that everything is downloaded, and a new prefix was created, you have to install some dependencies.
Follow the instructions in the setups and click on "Reboot Now". You can ignore warnings by the setups.
# To prevent errors from mono
./winetricks remove_mono -q
# For the installer
./winetricks dotnet35sp1 -q
# For the main application
./winetricks dotnet472 -q
# Set windows to 8.1, since aero is not found if set to win7
./winetricks win81 -q
Run the installer with: (Deselect desktop shortcut)
wine affinity-photo-1.6.5.135.exe
Install DXVK to make Affinity Photo work
git clone https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk
./dxvk/setup_dxvk.sh install
Affinity should now be installed under "~/.wine"
Desktop Shortcut
Run this code below!
cd ~/.local/share/applications/
echo "[Desktop Entry]" >> "Affinity Photo.desktop"
echo "Name=Affinity Photo" >> "Affinity Photo.desktop"
echo "Exec=$WINE '/home/$USER/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Affinity/Photo/Photo.exe'" >> "Affinity Photo.desktop"
echo "Icon='/home/$USER/.local/share/applications/$(ls ../icons/hicolor/256x256/apps | grep Photo | head -n 1)'" >> "Affinity Photo.desktop"
echo "Type=Application" >> "Affinity Photo.desktop"
echo "Categories=Photo;Utility;" >> "Affinity Photo.desktop"
