Affinity on Linux Manager and Affinity Installer

Run Affinity on Linux, and keep several installs side by side: a working install you cannot afford to break, plus a copy to try a new Wine build or Affinity release in, backups before an upgrade, or a test copy of a client's setup.

Python GUI Dependencies

The installer will attempt to install PyQt6 automatically if missing. If automatic installation fails, install it manually:

Arch/Artix/CachyOS/EndeavourOS/XeroLinux:

sudo pacman -S python-pyqt6

Fedora/Nobara:

sudo dnf install python3-pyqt6

openSUSE (Tumbleweed/Leap):

sudo zypper install python313-PyQt6

PikaOS:

sudo apt install python3-pyqt6.qtsvg

Ubuntu 25.10: If you encounter GUI issues, also install:

sudo apt install python3-pyqt6.qtsvg

Linux Affinity Installer

The installer you are used to.

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ryzendew/AffinityOnLinux/refs/heads/main/AffinityScripts/AffinityLinuxInstaller.py | python3

Affinity Manager Installer

The new Kid on the block with Advanced Features but same Goal!

That starts the manager straight from this repository. It needs Python 3.10 or newer and PyQt6, and installs nothing on your system.

curl -sSL https://github.com/jfacemyer/Linux-Affinity-Manager/raw/main/AffinityManager/run.py | python3

What it does

• New prefix sets up an Affinity install in its own Wine prefix, through Setup: the Affinity on Linux installer, run as a page of the manager's window. You get Wine with the Affinity patches, the Windows components, Affinity itself, GPU rendering, Help, and WineFix.
• The Default: choose which install your application menu, double-clicked Affinity documents and the Canva sign-in use. Other installs can have menu entries of their own.
• Launch never starts Affinity twice in one prefix.
• Back up, restore, clone and snapshot installs, and copy settings and drive letters from one to another.
• Repairs and tidying: fonts, the renderer setting, old Wine builds, renaming and moving installs, removing them cleanly.
• One operation at a time across all installs, with a log for each.

The full guide is the manager's README.

See the installer's README for what it sets up, supported distributions, dependencies and known issues.

Affinity is a commercial product of Serif (Europe) Ltd; you need your own license to install it. This project is not affiliated with Serif or Canva.