Install Davinci Resolve in any Linux distro

on host
sudo usermod -a -G render,video $LOGNAME

install distrobox and podman

sudo zypper in podman distrobox 
or
sudo apt install -y podman distrobox 
or
sudo dnf install -y podman distrobox 
or
sudo pacman -S -y podman distrobox 

reboot

go url to download
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/no/p...

create a Fedora 40 container and enter it

distrobox create distrobox create --name fedora40 --image registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:40
distrobox enter fedora40

install dependencies

sudo dnf install fuse fuse-devel alsa-lib \
    apr apr-util dbus-libs fontconfig freetype \
    libglvnd libglvnd-egl libglvnd-glx \
    libglvnd-opengl libICE librsvg2 libSM \
    libX11 libXcursor libXext libXfixes libXi \
    libXinerama libxkbcommon libxkbcommon-x11 \
    libXrandr libXrender libXtst libXxf86vm \
    mesa-libGLU mtdev pulseaudio-libs xcb-util \
    xcb-util-image xcb-util-keysyms \
    xcb-util-renderutil xcb-util-wm \
    mesa-libOpenCL rocm-opencl libxcrypt-compat \
    alsa-plugins-pulseaudio

unzip it. Change the name with the version you have downloaded, and the location you have downloaded it.

cd ~/Downloads
unzip DaVinci_Resolve_Studio_19.1.3_Linux

run the DaVinci Resolve installer. Change the name with the version you have downloaded

chmod +x DaVinci_Resolve_Studio_19.1.3_Linux.run
sudo ./DaVinci_Resolve_Studio_19.1.3_Linux.run --appimage-extract
sudo SKIP_PACKAGE_CHECK=1 ./squashfs-root/AppRun

apply workaround for outdated libraries
sudo mkdir /opt/resolve/libs/disabled
sudo mv /opt/resolve/libs/libglib* /opt/resolve/libs/disabled
sudo mv /opt/resolve/libs/libgio* /opt/resolve/libs/disabled
sudo mv /opt/resolve/libs/libgmodule* /opt/resolve/libs/disabled

run DaVinci Resolve
/opt/resolve/bin/resolve

export desktop files
distrobox-export --app resolve

In case more problems
cd /opt/resolve/libs
sudo mkdir disabled
sudo mv libglib* disabled
sudo mv libgio* disabled
sudo mv libgmodule* disabled

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