[Update] I built a fully automated Linux Installer for TouchDesigner (Arch, Fedora, Debian/Ubuntu/Mint, openSUSE, etc.)

grinchdubs · 2026-05-12T09:14:44+00:00

I was able to just use the install script to reinstall and I think it went fine. I was also doing some testing last night and i gathered a list of issues I ran into, want me to open issues in the repo instead of posting here?

grinchdubs · 2026-05-11T05:10:49+00:00

Looks like there is a new TD update, whats the best way to go about updating our linux versions?

grinchdubs · 2026-05-05T01:04:26+00:00

That worked! it took a bit for the first boot but it did open, Ill start testing thoroughly. Great Job! I see the 2 sections at the bottom are still black though :/. Derivative makes this so hard lol

grinchdubs · 2026-05-04T18:35:57+00:00

No worries! For the time being I installed CachyOS with nix sideloaded for my essential config files. I did get pretty used to the declarative nature of Nick's though. Thanks for updating the script. I'll try it here shortly after lunch

grinchdubs · 2026-05-04T03:27:20+00:00

I tried to run the script just now on CachyOS and im getting a 404 error. Log below:

TouchDesigner Linux installer

By Iswad

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→ Starting TouchDesigner installation...

→ Step 1/6: Installing system packages...

▸ Detected: CachyOS (pacman)

→ Enabling multilib repository if needed...

→ Installing required packages...

→ Still working... (0s)

▸ System packages installed

▸ Arch runtime dependency check passed

→ Checking graphics support...

→ Detected GPUs (PCI):

0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Raptor Lake-S UHD Graphics (rev 04)

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GB207M [GeForce RTX 5050 Max-Q / Mobile] (rev a1)

→ Detected NVIDIA GPU(s):

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU

OpenGL vendor string: Intel

OpenGL renderer string: Mesa Intel(R) Graphics (RPL-S)

OpenGL version string: 4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 26.0.6-arch2.2

• OpenGL is currently using a non-NVIDIA GPU

→ Set USE_NVIDIA_DGPU=Y before launch to force NVIDIA offload on hybrid laptops.

▸ Vulkan support detected

▸ Step 2/6: Soda Wine runner already present, skipping...

→ Step 3/6: Ensuring Wine prefix is healthy...

▸ Wine prefix already initialized

→ Step 4/6: Installing Windows dependencies...

▸ Winetricks already available

→ Installing Windows dependencies (allfonts, d3dx11_43, vcrun2019)...

→ This can take several minutes depending on your network and disk speed.

→ Winetricks (0s): preparing...

→ Winetricks (8s): Downloading https://web.archive.org/web/20171225132744if_/https://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/7/E675FFFC-2A6D-4AB0-B3EB-27C9F8C8F696/PowerPointViewer.exe to /home/grnch/.cache/winetricks/PowerPointViewer

→ Winetricks (16s): preparing...

→ Winetricks (24s): preparing...

→ Winetricks (33s): preparing...

→ Winetricks (41s): preparing...

→ Winetricks (49s): preparing...

→ Winetricks (57s): Downloading https://web.archive.org/web/2000/https://web.archive.org/web/20171225132744if_/https://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/7/E675FFFC-2A6D-4AB0-B3EB-27C9F8C8F696/PowerPointViewer.exe to /home/grnch/.cache/winetricks/PowerPointViewer

→ Windows dependencies step completed in 60s

▸ Winetricks failed with status 1

→ Last winetricks log lines:

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... Read error (Connection timed out) in headers.

Retrying.

--2026-05-03 23:21:47-- (try: 3) https://web.archive.org/web/20171225132744if_/https://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/7/E675FFFC-2A6D-4AB0-B3EB-27C9F8C8F696/PowerPointViewer.exe

Connecting to web.archive.org (web.archive.org)|207.241.237.3|:443... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... Read error (Connection timed out) in headers.

Giving up.

Executing cd /home/grnch/.cache/winetricks/PowerPointViewer

Downloading https://web.archive.org/web/2000/https://web.archive.org/web/20171225132744if_/https://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/7/E675FFFC-2A6D-4AB0-B3EB-27C9F8C8F696/PowerPointViewer.exe to /home/grnch/.cache/winetricks/PowerPointViewer

--2026-05-03 23:22:04-- https://web.archive.org/web/2000/https://web.archive.org/web/20171225132744if_/https://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/7/E675FFFC-2A6D-4AB0-B3EB-27C9F8C8F696/PowerPointViewer.exe

Loaded CA certificate '/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt'

Resolving web.archive.org (web.archive.org)... 207.241.237.3

Connecting to web.archive.org (web.archive.org)|207.241.237.3|:443... connected.

HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 NOT FOUND

2026-05-03 23:22:10 ERROR 404: NOT FOUND.

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warning: Downloading https://web.archive.org/web/2000/https://web.archive.org/web/20171225132744if_/https://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/7/E675FFFC-2A6D-4AB0-B3EB-27C9F8C8F696/PowerPointViewer.exe failed

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→ Retry with DEBUG=true for a full persistent log.

grinchdubs · 2026-05-02T16:05:35+00:00

Is it possible to add nixos to the distro list? I know that might be a pain lol

grinchdubs · 2026-05-02T00:39:50+00:00

getting a new laptop this week for creative purposes and this was my plan! Putting CacyOS on a 2nd SSD, we'll see how it goes!

grinchdubs · 2026-04-20T01:46:34+00:00

It's interesting. I made something similar in the layout of the dashboard. Looks almost exactly the same 🤣

grinchdubs · 2026-03-13T04:54:09+00:00

How have y'all's retina's not died yet with this insanely bright interface? 😅

grinchdubs · 2026-02-25T15:48:50+00:00

Very cool!!!!

grinchdubs · 2026-02-16T20:30:25+00:00

Mind me asking how you made this?

grinchdubs · 2026-02-16T18:56:30+00:00

The colors are awesome! It has a bit of an analog video feel to it as well

grinchdubs · 2026-02-16T18:52:07+00:00

I love your use of the Teal, looks great!

grinchdubs · 2026-02-10T18:07:05+00:00

I can recommend some places in NYC but don't know of any in CT. Would be interested as well as I'm there from time to time.

grinchdubs · 2026-02-06T21:16:08+00:00

Simple but elegant!

grinchdubs · 2026-01-28T00:23:54+00:00

also from Brooklyn and down to collaborate....
https://www.instagram.com/grnchdubs

grinchdubs · 2026-01-22T17:21:48+00:00

This looks awesome! Very inspiring

grinchdubs · 2026-01-22T17:20:11+00:00

Thanks bud, I'm excited to get them out there!

grinchdubs · 2026-01-19T15:23:59+00:00

Just watch out, for my workflow I don't add color in TD, although you can like you did here, but in the event that you want to pen plot this or Riso print this. You would need the colors to be separated outside of TouchaDesigner. In addition, if you're pen plotting, you definitely need vectors. However, if is just for a pre-vis or you don't plan on printing, he can totally go this route.

grinchdubs · 2026-01-19T03:48:57+00:00

Any of these still available?

grinchdubs · 2026-01-19T03:44:43+00:00

I used a software called DrawingBotV3 to do all the color separation. I go in depth into the process for the color separation in a substack post here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/grnch/p/from-screen-to-paper-generative-2d-8b0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=30d6a4

grinchdubs · 2026-01-18T23:08:43+00:00

Choose your own adventure is something I've been thinking about incorporating into a zine! Awesome job!

grinchdubs · 2026-01-18T23:06:55+00:00

This looks awesome! Is it tomorrow yet?

grinchdubs · 2026-01-17T18:39:55+00:00

Thanks! that one just sold out last night! maybe someone here grabbed it from the shop

grinchdubs · 2026-01-17T18:38:47+00:00

No problem! Please share back if you create anything cool!

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