sander110419/lightroom-cc-on-linux

This repository documents a working, reproducible way to run Adobe Lightroom CC, the cloud syncing photo editing app, on Linux using Wine. Wine is a compatibility layer that lets Windows programs run on Linux by translating their system calls. Lightroom CC does not officially support Linux, so this guide provides the specific patches and workarounds needed to make it run, including the Remove and Heal photo editing tool. The fix involves six pieces working together: a graphics setup so Adobe's web based interface shell can render at all, disabling an Adobe analytics library that crashes the app because it calls a Windows function Wine does not implement, a patched graphics rendering library that adds a color management feature Lightroom needs, a patched media library that fixes a crash in the Remove and Heal tool, small stand in files for a few Windows libraries that Wine does not ship but Lightroom expects, and lowercase file name links to work around Wine's case sensitive file lookup. A full step by step guide explains each fix and how to undo it. As documented, Lightroom CC version 9.3.1 runs successfully on Wine 11.8 staging as of the README's date, including core editing and the Remove and Heal tool, though a couple of specific dialogs can still crash and some GPU accelerated features may not work fully. Notably, the README states that the entire repository, including the scripts, patches, and documentation, was researched and written by an AI coding agent working autonomously, with a human providing the goal and an Adobe subscription and reviewing the results. A separate file documents the full debugging history in detail. The license is MIT for the project's own scripts, with the patched system files remaining under the license of the open source project they were derived from.