Ubuntu – unable to install Photoshop on ubuntu

photoshopwine

I installed Ubuntu 14.04 and latest wine from Ubuntu software center, when I try to install Photoshop CS6 using wine I receive an error.

I checked the Allow Executing File As Program in Photoshop Setup(setup.exe) and tried More troubleshooting tips: in the error message.

Error Message:

Installation Failed

Your installation encounter Errors

**Installer failed to initialize. This Could be due to a missing file.**

More troubleshooting tips:
1. Restart your computer:
2. Exit all application including startup items, virus checking and firewall software.
3. launch the installer and reinstall your application.

Best Answer

Step 1. Install the Wine Team Ubuntu PPA

By installing the Wine Team Ubuntu PPA, we can ensure the version of wine we’re using is suitable and up to date.

To install the wine team PPA, execute the following, one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.7 winetricks

Step 2. Using winetricks to get install dependencies for Photoshop CS6

Now that we have the most recent build of wine, we can get started on fetching the necessary build packages to run the Photoshop installer.

Here’s the command to issue and pull those dependencies

winetricks atmlib gdiplus msxml3 msxml6 vcrun2005 vcrun2005sp1 vcrun2008 ie6 fontsmooth-rgb gecko

If a few errors pop-up, don’t worry – chances are this install will still work.

Step 3. Running the Photoshop CS6 installer

Now that you have all dependencies required to run Photoshop CS6, you can now run the Adobe setup. Either right click Set-up.exe, or from the terminal:

cd /home/user/path/to/installer
wine Set-up.exe

Source:

Complete guide to running Photoshop CS6 on Ubuntu 13.10 | Geebzor.com

Although this is for 13.10 it should work on 14.04 too as long as the Wine version is the same.

Related Question