@aoqia, the upstream URL is a signed URL, which means two things:

• That link expires, so hard-coding it in the PKGBUILD will break after a short amount of time.
• Upstream is intentional with its link protection and the PKGBUILD should not attempt to circumvent that.

Since DaVinci Resolve Studio cannot be installed directly via AUR helpers like paru or yay, I suggest adding and pinning a clear step-by-step guide for beginners explaining how to build and install the package from the local installer.

The instructions should also include how to obtain the required .zip file from the official Blackmagic Design website:

1. Go to https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support
2. In the "Latest Downloads" section, select the latest version of "DaVinci Resolve Studio" for Linux
3. Fill out the registration form (name, email, etc.)
4. After submitting, a .zip file will be downloaded automatically – this file must be placed in the same directory as the PKGBUILD before building
5. Continue ...

Such a guide would be helpful for users new to Arch-based systems who legally own a DRS license but are unfamiliar with manual package building.

IMPORTANT!

Since version 19.1.3-2 this package will not download automatically the source file from the upstream site.

To build this package you will need to manually download the file from https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/support/family/davinci-resolve-and-fusion and place it in the same directory with the PKGBUILD.

This would reduce the mess in this package, making it more readable and clear. Also bypassing the required information from the upstream URL is not allowed in an automated way.

@paterkleomenis I've removed a couple of dependencies not present in the repositories:

• gtk2
• libpng12
• qt5-webengine
• qt5-websockets

this should make a lot easier to install DaVinci Resolve (+ Studio)

Thanks

Please remove GTK 2 from the dependencies, it's is completely unnecessary. I am sure the same goes for other dependencies too, but this is one that i tested without and it works perfectly

@Muflone you are welcome. I actively use the studio version so it's good to see it works OOTB.

BTW, why didn't you add the .license changes? You can't enable license without it and ask for end users to do sudo chmod 777 /opt/resolve/.license

On top of that it is missing also the changes for the RAW player and the .install file I added.

@scardracs thanks for your contribution, I've included most of your changes, apart the icons which was adding excessive complexity to the PKGBUILD

@Muflone I wrote down a new version for the studio. Take a look and feel free to use it.

PKGBUILD https://pastebin.com/hyWPgp9Q

davinci-resolve-studio.install https://pastebin.com/7eTENP0k

The shell file remains the same. I tested it on my PC and it works nicely.

BTW, for everyone, if you have the version 20 installed you better remove it and reinstall.

EDIT: Posted a new PKGBUILD with RAW Player fixed.

EDIT 2: added more {} to reduce the lines and make it easier to read

EDIT 3: Added missing license installation

EDIT 4: Made a new .install to remove the icons correctly

@aoqia, the upstream URL is a signed URL, which means two things:

• That link expires, so hard-coding it in the PKGBUILD will break after a short amount of time.
• Upstream is intentional with its link protection and the PKGBUILD should not attempt to circumvent that.

Hello! I am curious on why "bypassing the required information from the upstream URL is not allowed in an automated way" is the case. The direct upstream URL is easily obtainable, and there exists a "Download Only" hyperlink in the bottom left of the details popup which lets you (as a user) bypass the registration entirely. How is this any different than that but instead automated?

I also wonder why it is allowed for the free version to do such automated tasks, but not for the studio version.

In case you do not have audio even if using supported codecs on the supported format, you might have another kind of problem, basically Resolve needs a input interface of any kind to which it needs to bind. You might solve it with a dummy one (haven't tried), or by switching to a interface that provides it, i.e. output+input like the integrated on most motherboards.

Thanks to @willianholtz for the solution, and I've recorded a video showing the problem and the mentioned solution, hope this helps you folks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDKi_0hxfY0

Hi! I ran into a problem during installation where the installer couldn't resolve the dependencies for gtk2, libpng12, qt5-webengine, and qt5-websockets. When I try to install them manually from the AUR repositories, my RAM gets overloaded and PC freezes completely during the compilation of qt5-webengine and qt5-websockets. I would like to know what solutions might be available in this situation? I'm using EndeavourOS and 24GiB RAM