How do I install Davinci Resolve on Manjaro Linux?

[Rulinux]

Can Davinci Resolve be installed on Manjaro? It doesn’t work via AUR. Until yesterday, there was a portable version available via Flatpak. However, it is no longer available today. Very strange.

I downloaded the .run file for Davinci myself with registration. However, I am unable to complete the installation successfully, despite AI assistance.

Does anyone have specific experience installing Davinci Resolve?

[Wollie]

@Rulinux

It doesn’t work via AUR.

What error message you get? Just to say it’s not working is a completely useless information if someone want’s to help you.

Are you familar how to use AUR? If not:

Arch User Repository

What branch are you on? If you are on stable or testing I would recommend to switch to unstable:

Switching Branches

This branch is better sync’d with pure Archlinux which is helpful for installation of AUR packages with many dependent packages:

AUR (en) - davinci-resolve

[Nachlese]

@Rulinux

It doesn’t work via AUR

it’s marked as out of date since four days ago

Wenn ich auf der AUR Webseite nachsehe die @Wollie verlinkt hat:
da ist das als “out of date” gekennzeichnet seit 4 Tagen.

OMG - once again I managed to write german in an english thread.
My excuse - I just communicated with the OP in a different thread in his native language.
Make that two threads …

[nikgnomic]

@Nachlese

da ist das als “out of date” gekennzeichnet seit 4 Tagen.

AUR maintainer is unable to update packages at the moment

AUR (en) - davinci-resolve

Muflone commented on 2025-10-26 23:36 (UTC)

The updated PKGBUILD can be found here: pkgbuilds/davinci-resolve/PKGBUILD at master · muflone/pkgbuilds · GitHub

Actually AUR is read-only for the oncoming DDoS

Muflone commented on 2025-01-26 00:55 (UTC)

IMPORTANT!
Since version 19.1.3-2 this package will not download automatically the source file from the upstream site.

To build this package you will need to manually download the file from Support Center | Blackmagic Design and place it in the same directory with the PKGBUILD.

AUR (en) - davinci-resolve-studio

Muflone commented on 2025-10-26 19:17 (UTC)

Unfortunately actually the AUR is read-only as the SSH endpoint is not reachable for the DDoS, so I cannot publish a package upgrade.

There’s no need to download the libc++ or libc+±abi packages as told in comments, you can simply omit some lines to use the upstream version.

Here’s the updated PKGBUILD pkgbuilds/davinci-resolve-studio/PKGBUILD at master · muflone/pkgbuilds · GitHub for 20.2.2-1

[Aragorn]

@Nachlese

Wenn ich auf der AUR Webseite nachsehe die @Wollie verlinkt hat:
da ist das als “out of date” gekennzeichnet seit 4 Tagen.

Du shud switshen off ze automatik translayshun in deinen browser. It ist nicht productiv.

[Nachlese]

The issue is with my attention, not with browser extensions.
I edited the offending post.

[Aragorn]

@Nachlese

The issue is with my attention, not with browser extensions.

Zet is vat zey all say. I hef already loaded my gun now with sticky gummy bears.

[Rulinux]

@Wollie

What branch are you on?

I am using Manjaro Plasma, Kernel 6.16.8-1

Following your instructions ends like this:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/davinci-resolve.git

makepkg -s

==> Erstelle Paket: davinci-resolve 20.2.2-1 (So 09 Nov 2025 18:17:10 CET)
==> Prüfe Laufzeit-Abhängigkeiten…
==> Prüfe Buildtime-Abhängigkeiten…
==> Empfange Quellen…
 → Lade DaVinci_Resolve_20.2.2_Linux.zip herunter…
curl: (3) URL rejected: Bad file:// URL
==> FEHLER: Fehler beim Download von file://DaVinci_Resolve_20.2.2_Linux.zip
Breche ab…

I have downloaded the zip file directly from davinci. So I have it on my local desktop. In the zip file there is a file DaVinci_Resolve_20.2.3_Linux.run and an instruction

for the Free version:

cd ~/Downloads/
unzip ./DaVinci_Resolve_20.2.3_Linux.zip
chmod +x ./DaVinci_Resolve_20.2.3_Linux.run
sudo ./DaVinci_Resolve_20.2.3_Linux.run -i

With

sudo ./DaVinci_Resolve_20.2.3_Linux.run -i                                 ✔  49s  
egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E
egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E
egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'
This will install DaVinci Resolve on this computer
Do you wish to continue? (y/n): 

What would you recommend for the next steps? Or just wait until the AUR is up to date?

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Mod edit:- General tidy of pre-formatted text. No charge.

[Nachlese]

@nikgnomic

IMPORTANT!
Since version 19.1.3-2 this package will not download automatically the source file from the upstream site.

To build this package you will need to manually download the file from Support Center | Blackmagic Design and place it in the same directory with the PKGBUILD.

The PKGBUILD is marked as out of date currently.

The PKGBUILD itself references a different version
20.2.2 instead of 20.2.3 that you have.
You’ll likely also have to update the checksums in the PKGBUILD.

[Rulinux]

@Nachlese

You’ll likely also have to update the checksums in the PKGBUILD.

Would you kindly tell me exactly what to do step by step after having downloaded the zip and extracted to DaVinci_Resolve_20.2.3_Linux.run, please!

[nikgnomic]

@Nachlese

The PKGBUILD itself references a different version
20.2.2 instead of 20.2.3 that you have.

AUR (en) - davinci-resolve

Muflone commented on 2025-10-26 23:36 (UTC)

The updated PKGBUILD can be found here: pkgbuilds/davinci-resolve/PKGBUILD at master · muflone/pkgbuilds · GitHub

pkgbuilds/davinci-resolve/PKGBUILD at master · muflone/pkgbuilds · GitHub

pkgname=davinci-resolve
pkgver=20.2.3

source=("file://DaVinci_Resolve_${pkgver}_Linux.zip"
       "davinci-control-panels-setup.sh")
sha256sums=('e3bfeb9a671b10d4a3dbb0ac02772d2c81bbc3167048b3072c44bee2f14d50ee'
          'f17236fd68cead727c647bc31404e402922cdd491df5526f4b62364cbef9d3b8')
install="${pkgname}.install"

[Nachlese]

I did look at the PKGBUILD on the AUR website … thus the difference.

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@Rulinux

Would you kindly tell me exactly what to do step by step

I’d need to do it myself to make sure and verify my advice was correct.
I’ll not reiterate here how to use makepkg …
Also, the program file is a couple of GB in size - too much to just download for fun.

It is not necessary if you use the PKGBUILD @nikgnomic linked to.
You also do not need to unpack anything yourself, specially not the downloaded DaVinci_Resolve program - you just need to put it in the same directory the PKGBUILD and the other two files:

davinci-control-panels-setup.sh
and
davinci-resolve.install

are in.

[Aragorn]

@Rulinux

sudo ./DaVinci_Resolve_20.2.3_Linux.run -i                                 ✔  49s  
egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E
egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E
egrep: warning: egrep is obsolescent; using grep -E
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'
This will install DaVinci Resolve on this computer
Do you wish to continue? (y/n): 

What would you recommend for the next steps?

Just answer “y”.

@Rulinux

Or just wait until the AUR is up to date?

The thing is that the AUR is currently — actually, for quite a while already — suffering a DDoS attack, which makes it difficult (but not impossible) to install anything from there.

[soundofthunder]

@Rulinux

In case ongoing issues with the AUR were either not sufficiently stated or understood, please read the following:

Ongoing DDoS attacks affecting the AUR

As most may be aware, Arch Linux is being subjected to ongoing DDoS attacks targetting their infrastructure – This includes the Arch User Repository (AUR). See same link for possible workarounds during service disruption The resulting outages have potentially dire consequences for Arch (and Arch derivative) users, and has now continued into a second month. What does this mean for Manjaro users and the AUR? Simply put, it means that AUR packages may fail to build. If you experienc…

[Wollie]

@Rulinux

Or just wait until the AUR is up to date?

That’s what I would do. In general installation of the AUR package requires to consider the Archlinux wiki advice:

DaVinci Resolve - ArchWiki

[nikgnomic]

@Wollie

In general installation of the AUR package requires to consider the Archlinux wiki advice:

ArchWiki advice is consistent with advice from AUR maintainer

ArchWiki - Davinci Resolve - Manual Install

Since version 19.1.3-2 installing the AUR package out of the box no longer works.
Instead clone the package and download the latest Linux version of your preferred installation from BlackMagic’s support website.
Place the zip file in the cloned repo, beside the other files like PKGBUILD and note down the version (such as 20.0.1) at the end of the file.
Also note down the output of running sha256sum on the downloaded zip.
Now edit the PKGBUILD: Change the pkgver to your version and change the first sha256sum, leaving the other unchanged, to yours.
Execute makepkg -i and you’re ready to go.