How to Install Photoshop CS6 With Wine on KDE Neon

GNU/Linux KDE Neon Installing Photoshop CS6 – QuickStart Guide

Hi! Unlock the power of creativity with our step-by-step guide, showing you how to seamlessly Install Photoshop CS6 in KDE Neon GNU/Linux Desktop.

And Photoshop CS6 for KDE Neon is a raster Graphics Editor developed and published by Adobe Inc for Windows and Mac.

Especially relevant: as Requisite for the Setup you must have the Photoshop CS6 Extended Installer Executable for Windows.

This Setup has been Successfully tested with several Wine Versions in the Range 4.x-7.x.

Wine (originally an acronym for “Wine Is Not an Emulator”) is a Compatibility Layer capable of Running Windows Apps on several POSIX-compliant OSes systems, such as Linux, Mac OSX, & BSD.

Finally, this guide includes detailed instructions about to Making a Desktop Launcher for Photoshop on KDE Neon.

1. 1. Launching Terminal

   Open a Terminal Shell Emulator Window:
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   
   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
   

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2. 2. Installing Wine

   How to Install Wine in KDE Neon

   Wine KDE Neon Setup Guide

   Wine KDE Neon Installation Tutorial
   First, you could try with your Current Wine.
   To Check it’s there issue:

   wine --version

3. 3. Configuring Wine

   Now Configure Wine Prefix
   First, to Configure Photoshop CS6 Wine Prefix play:

   WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.photoshopcs6 winecfg

   Wait and possibly Confirm for the proposed Components Setup:
   
   Then on the Wine configuration Window Choose the “Libraries” Tab and then one by one Add all this Software:

   • atmlib

   • gdiplus

   • ie6

   • vcrun2005

   • vcrun2008

   • vcrun2010

   • fontsmooth-rgb

   • corefonts

   • msxml3

   • msxml6

   It’s enough you Copy & Paste into the Box and then hit Add:
   
   Last Confirm the Setup with Ok.

4. 4. Installing Photoshop CS6

   Now to Install Photoshop CS6 for KDE Neon
   First, access the Target:

   cd ~/Downloads

   And then run:

   WINEPREFIX=~/.photoshopcs6 wine "Adobe Photoshop CS6 13.0.1.3 Extended RePack by JFK2005 (Upd. 04.06.14).exe"

   And the “Portable 13.0.1.3 Extended” release is the only one I found working here.
   Possibly amend the above Command if you are using another Photoshop CS6 Release!
   Then follow the Installation Wizard until the Setup is achieved.
   So first possibly Choose to Enable Languages:
   
   Then Browse for the Target:
   
   Choose the “Drive C” and “Program Files“:
   
   Last, Click on Install:
   
   In few Time the Setup is Achieved:
   
   Finish Don’t worry if after Installation you Do Not receive a Successfull Notice…
   Just hit Ctrl+C to Exit the Command and just try to Launch it!

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5. 5. Launching Photoshop CS6

   Finally, Launch and Enjoy Photoshop CS6
   From Terminal the Command could be like:

   wine "/home/`whoami`/.photoshopcs6/drive_c/Program Files/Photoshop CS6/Photoshop.exe"

   Or may be:

   wine "/home/`whoami`/.photoshopcs6/drive_c/Program Files/PhotoshopPortable/PhotoshopCS6Portable.exe"

   The `whoami` in the above output the Username into the Command.
   All depend from the used Installer…
   In case to Check it use the ls Command:

   ls "/home/`whoami`/.photoshopcs6/drive_c/Program Files/" | grep -i photo

   And thr grep Command refine the output List showing only the Entries matching the Keyword.

   How to Create App Launcher on Main Menu.

   Make Launcher for Menu Guide

   Create Linux Desktop Launcher
   But to make the Launcher working then Amend the `whoami` in the first Command here above with with the Output of:

   whoami