Ugh, Linux is confusing Options

[Mikeplyts]

Ok, so, I just got done installing Ubuntu on my computer for the first time. I have to say, it's pretty trippy (in the good way, that is). But, I just realized that I can't open application files like .EXE and shit, which means I can't download Photoshop (which I really want bad). I just checked out GIMP and quite frankly, I'd just really prefer Photoshop over GIMP. So, I tried using some program called Wine but I have absolutely no clue as to how the f*ck it works or how to install Photoshop with it. I went online to look through tutorials and they talk about commands and stuff and I have no idea where the hell to put commands in.

All I want is to install Adobe Photoshop CS4 on Linux somehow. Help, please?

[Maccabee]

What version of photoshop are you using? The same one that is the in the tutorial I hope. Wine doesn't work well with CS4.

[Mikeplyts]

What version of photoshop are you using? The same one that is the in the tutorial I hope. Wine doesn't work well with CS4.

Oh, well, I'm trying to get CS4. Since that's all I really have. I got really close to actually installing CS4 but the setup got gay on me and encountered another non-detailed error.

Here's a nifty little screenshot.

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[Maccabee]

Oh, well, I'm trying to get CS4. Since that's all I really have. I got really close to actually installing CS4 but the setup got gay on me and encountered another non-detailed error.

The odds of being able to install cs4 or slim. Wine will work better with older versions. Is the tutorial for CS4? Also, when you run photoshop, you'll be running an exe, and I believe that is located in /home/micheal/.wine/program files/ or something like that.

Also, files and folders that begin with . are hidden, so press ctrl h to show them.

I'm trying to remember where the C:\ is located in wine. Basically, I would try removing then reinstalling wine, and then just get your exe, right click it, open with wine, and if the installer works, yay, and then find where it was created and try running it.

Also, use apt-get, not aptitude. e.g: sudo aptitude install msttcorefonts, but sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts. Thats just my opinion though.

[Mikeplyts]

The odds of being able to install cs4 or slim. Wine will work better with older versions. Is the tutorial for CS4? Also, when you run photoshop, you'll be running an exe, and I believe that is located in /home/micheal/.wine/program files/ or something like that.

Also, files and folders that begin with . are hidden, so press ctrl h to show them.

I'm trying to remember where the C:\ is located in wine. Basically, I would try removing then reinstalling wine, and then just get your exe, right click it, open with wine, and if the installer works, yay, and then find where it was created and try running it.

Also, use apt-get, not aptitude. e.g: sudo aptitude install msttcorefonts, but sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts. Thats just my opinion though.

Yeah, that tutorial was made for installing CS4. I mean, I would at least install CS3 or something, but problem is, I don't have a copy of it. I don't really know where to get CS3 but whatevs.

Also, the downloaded .EXE (ADBEPHSCS4_LS1.exe, I think) actually did work and extracted the files into the desktop. In those files is a Setup.exe, which I assume is the one you're talking about? If so, it's not in /home/michael/.wine/drive_c/program files/, it's in /home/michael/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/. And, I think "C:\" would be /home/michael/.wine/drive_c/ or /home/michael/.wine/dosdevices/c:/. So, I copied all the extracted files I had in the desktop (Adobe CS4 folder, on the screenshot) into /home/michael/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/ and then went to Applications>Accessories>Terminal and used these commands in order (like the tutorial explains):

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rm -r ~/.wine winecfg

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wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
chmod +x winetricks
./winetricks msxml6 gdiplus gecko vcrun2005 ie6

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sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

I then copied Photoshop's atmlib.dll file into /home/michael/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/ and configured Wine's Library thing to override the atmlib.dll (which the tutorial said to do). I then used this command:

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LANG=C wine Setup.exe

After that, it started doing some magic, the installer wizard began to load and check my system profile, and BAM. That damn error appears saying something unexpected happened and I need to contact Adobe support (which I doubt will help me in downloading Photoshop into Linux).

Whew.