storybrew-on-linux

storybrew-on-linux.md

Tested on Arch Linux with wine-staging 6.16

1. Install wine-staging and winetricks

   • Arch Linux

   pacman -S wine-staging winetricks

   • Unbuntu

   # Install wine-staging
   sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
   wget -qO - https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key | sudo apt-key add -
   sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main'
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-staging
   
   # Install winetricks
   wget  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks
   chmod +x winetricks 
   sudo mv -v winetricks /usr/local/bin

2. Setup wineprefix and install .NET 4.5.2

WINEPREFIX=~/storybrew WINEARCH=win64 winetricks -q dotnet452

3. Download the latest version and extract storybrew to drive_c directory

# Assume you saved the file in Downloads directory
cd ~/Downloads
unzip storybrew.*.zip -d storybrew
mv storybrew  ~/storybrew/drive_c/

4. Run storybrew

cd ~/storybrew/drive_c/storybrew
wine ./StorybrewEditor.exe

• Fix black screen when open storybrew Install lib32-libxcomposite

pacman -S lib32-libxcomposite 

• Optinal: Remove Visual Studio Code notification when create new effects Install Visual Studio Code (if you haven't) and add it to PATH variable in wine regedit

# Install Visual Studio Code 
pacman -S visual-studio-code-bin

# Add the Visual Studio Code to wine PATH evironment variable
WINEPREFIX=~/storybrew WINEARCH=win64 wine regedit

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment then add Z:\opt\visual-studio-code to PATH key i.e.: Z:\opt\visual-studio-code;%SystemRoot%\............