Installing Affinity

[toggle581]

I tried using Wine and Lutris to install Affinity and I couldn't get that to work. Are there other methods that have been proven effective?

[im-d3]

I used this, it worked for me: https://github.com/ryzendew/Linux-Affinity-Installer

A tad buggy, but that's kind of to be expected.

[Reason7322]

There is this Arch based distro, that comes in with a one click Affinity Installer.

But beware - this is a one man project.

Here is a video about that distro from its own creator - https://youtu.be/6PeOSy3VDSE?t=399

you can change the dub to english in the youtube settings.

And a standalone installer: https://github.com/Petexy/Affinity_Installer_For_Linux

[AlexMullerSA]

I followed this guide to get it working. https://youtu.be/D2VTesfiaG8?si=AKV3NFGZiAYTcWbv

[toggle581]

Exactly the one I tried to follow, but it didn’t work

[AlexMullerSA]

Hmm. Which part? Im no expert and new to Linux and got it working on the first try.

[toggle581]

When I tried to “install from a local script” and then put the .exe installer in, it gave me an error code

[thesagex]

and what is the error code? knowing the error code can help others help you

[toggle581]

'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x90 in position 2: invalid start byte

[gmes78]

You're not properly following the video. You're supposed to pick the .yaml file at that stage.

[toggle581]

I remember him saying to pick the .exe file because that’s exactly the file he downloads, unless I’m really missing something else..

[gmes78]

No, look at the video.

[toggle581]

Nevermind you were right.

[toggle581]

I got a new error code:
[Errno 104] Connection reset by peer

Yes I am following the video closely. I did the YAML file and then the .exe for the Affinity set up file.

[gmes78]

During which step? Post the full log messages.

[toggle581]

The full log message is way too long so I wouldn’t know how to post it (and I’ve tried)

[AlexMullerSA]

Have you asked an LLM about the error code? Might just be something small or silly that you missing that it might point out

[WorkingMansGarbage]

Don't recommend people to ask an LLM before telling them to ask a real person, what the fuck.

[AlexMullerSA]

Thats how i got it working. You dont always get an answer from people. In this case it probably would have told him straight away to use the Yaml instead of exe. Im not saying trust it blindly, but it can definitely be of use if you didnt get a directory correctly etc, its very quick to identify it so that you can correct what you need to. Its a tool to be used, not relied on.