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Posted by Ashlynn Ransdell
Ashlynn Ransdell
7,585 Points

Having trouble installing Adobe Illustrator with Ubuntu.

I am trying to download Adobe Illustrator on Ubuntu. I've Downloaded Wine but when I try to download the Adobe trials- any of them it still doesn't allow me to do so. I've tried using the Chrome browser and Firefox but alas still no luck! I'm new to using Ubuntu so I'm not sure if there's something obvious I need to set up before downloading. To complete this series I've also downloading Inkscape but I find it difficult to compare the instructions on the video to the same features in Inkscape. Please Help!

1 Answer

Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points
Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points

Wine should automatically launch the .exe for you if it is installed correctly. Check its all installed and working correctly:

In the console:

To get the repository. 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

Then update the APT package: 

sudo apt-get update

Then install: 

sudo apt-get install wine1.7

(You can change this to wine1.6 if you find the BETA version to be unstable.

When you launch the .exe to install illustrator it should open with Wine. If it does not you may need to change filetype defaults with .exe files to open in Wine.

Hope this helps :)