How to Install DaVinci Resolve on Arch Linux

A guide to installing DaVinci Resolve on Arch Linux and other distributions.

NVIDIA Driver Installation

For standard kernel users

sudo pacman -S --needed nvidia nvidia-utils cuda opencl-nvidia

For custom kernel users (linux-zen, etc.)

sudo pacman -S --needed nvidia-dkms nvidia-utils cuda opencl-nvidia

Download DaVinci Resolve

⚠️ DO NOT INSTALL DAVINCI FROM THE AUR, IT WILL NOT WORK

Instead, go to the official site and download from there:

• Visit https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
• Download the Linux version: DaVinci_Resolve_Studio_your_version_Linux.zip

Installation

1. Unzip the downloaded file:

unzip DaVinci_Resolve_Studio_your_version_Linux.zip

2. Make the installer executable:

chmod +x DaVinci_Resolve_Studio_your_version_Linux.run

sudo pacman -S fuse2

3. Install DaVinci Resolve:

For Wayland users (recommended):

sudo APPIMAGELAUNCHER_DISABLE=1 QT_QPA_PLATFORM=minimal ./DaVinci_Resolve_Studio_your_version_Linux.run -i -y

For X11 users or command line:

sudo ./DaVinci_Resolve_Studio_your_version_Linux.run

Post-Installation Fix

DO NOT open DaVinci Resolve yet! You need to run this first:

cd /opt/resolve/libs && sudo mkdir disabled-libraries && sudo mv libglib* libgio* libgmodule* disabled-libraries

Troubleshooting

If it still doesn't work, you probably need to install:

sudo pacman -S libxcrypt-compat

Extra Info

Highly recommend to use

https://github.com/Ashark/davinci-resolve-checker

If you use hyprland you should run

env -u WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb /opt/resolve/bin/resolve

or if you want to run it from the shortcut, you should do this (when you update davinci, you should do it again)

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/com.blackmagicdesign.resolve.desktop 

and replace the Exec with

Exec=env -u WAYLAND_DISPLAY XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11 QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb /opt/resolve/bin/resolve %u

If you use scaling in hyprland (mostly on laptops, but it works in any case) add this to your hyprland.conf

xwayland {
  force_zero_scaling = true
}

That's it!

You should now be able to run DaVinci Resolve from your application menu or by running /opt/resolve/bin/resolve.