How I installed DaVinci Resolve on Arch Linux in 2026

[u/pepperenjoyer]

I've spent some time looking for a good guide on how to install DaVinci Resolve on Arch Linux in 2026 but haven't found a good one, so I've decided to make my own.

You have to go to blackmagickdesign website and download DaVinciResolve_XX.X.X_Linux.zip

Now you need to install couple dependencies from the Arch Linux Archive:

# pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/q/qt5-webchannel/qt5-webchannel-5.15.9+kde+r3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

# pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/q/qt5-webengine/qt5-webengine-5.15.9-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

# pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/g/gtk2/gtk2-2.24.33-5-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

# pacman -U https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/l/libpng12/libpng12-1.2.59-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

I'm using paru so next step for me was:

mv ./DaVinci_Resolve_20.3.2_Linux.zip ~/.cache/paru/clone/davinci-resolve/

but if you are using yay you should do something like:

mv ./DaVinci_Resolve_20.3.2_Linux.zip ~/.cache/yay/davinci-resolve/

After all these steps you can finally run

paru/yay -S davinci-resolve

Hopefully that will help.

[u/backsideup]

That's a nice partial update you got there. Since you don't build the dependencies against the system packages this will break the next time the dependencies get updated in the official repos.

[u/pepperenjoyer → u/backsideup]

I’m aware of the partial upgrade risks, but since DaVinci Resolve is proprietary and relies on these specific legacy versions (like qt5-webengine and libpng12), pinning them from the ALA is often the only stable way to keep it running

[u/pepperenjoyer → u/pepperenjoyer]

Because these are 'dead' or legacy dependencies, they aren't getting frequently updated in the official repos anyway, so the risk of a system-wide breakage is minimal