Paint Shop Pro

What works

- Vector Filters
- Effects like drop Shaddow etc
- Tube Tool
- text Tool
- open file and save file
- batch processing

What does not

nothing

Workarounds

What was not tested

Twain and scanner, camera input

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

jasc installer works ootb, Programm starts

There are some good alternatives to this application that might exist for your platform. You'll find a list on the main page of this application.

2013-05-03 Admin note: this howto does not appear to have been updated in a long time, and may no longer be valid. It is being kept here for the benefit of anyone who may wish to test and/or update it. 

Although the file open/save dialogs are not fully functional, opening files may be accomplished using the "Browse" feature and the open/save dialogs remain somewhat usable by "feel" (read: rampant, blind clicking.)

In order for most filters, the undo/redo system, and brushes to work you will need to apply the following workaround, adapted from: http://tjworld.net/wiki/PaintShopProFailsOnWine :

1) Create a file named mkdir.mawk in your ~/My PSP9 Files/ directory, and paste the following section (enclosed in comments) inside.

##Begin mkdir.mawk contents
$0 ~ /JSC/ {
if ($0 ~ /not found in/ && $0 ~ /wine_nt_to_unix_file_name/) {
temp=substr($0,2+index($0,"L\""));
temp_len=index(temp, ".tmp")+3;
temp=substr(temp,1,temp_len);
temp_parts_qty=split(temp,temp_parts,"\\");
dirname=substr($0,13+index($0, "not found in ")) "/" temp_parts[1];
print "Creating temporary directory:", dirname;


system("mkdir \"" dirname "\"") }
}

##End mkdir.mawk contents

Save the file, and create a second file in your home directory called runpsp9 - and paste the following inside:

##Begin loader script

sh -c 'env WINEDEBUG="+file" WINEPREFIX="/home/$USER/.wine" \
wine "C:\\Program Files\\Jasc Software Inc\\Paint Shop Pro 9\\Paint Shop Pro 9.exe" 2>&1 | \
awk -f ~/My\ PSP9\ Files/mkdir.mawk'

##End loader script

Save the file, and - in a terminal - run:

$ chmod +x runpsp9
$ chmod 775 runpsp9

and then, as root:

# mv runpsp9 /usr/bin/runpsp9
# chown root:root /usr/bin/runpsp9

Thereafter, you can run Paint Shop Pro 9 by simply executing runpsp9 from your terminal or Run Application box - or by creating a menu entry for it.