Where it isn't very encouraging that this Nik collection hasn't been updated to accommodate more recent OSes (this includes Mac and Windows). So don't be too sure it would work on a modern Mac .... having an old XP (or better yet: win7) running in virtualbox could be an option. There's plenty of pre-installed images to be found for that. Personally I've got a Hackingtosh (Catalina) running reasonably in virtualbox due to both my fellow skippers having Macs and forcing me to make sure all my work apps (facturation, loading papers, etc.) work on both platforms seamlessly. Meaning I need a testing ground for changes. maybe that would be an option too for you instead of Windows ... a matter of choice, ultimately.
I'm sure it can be gotten to work on Elive but I'm actually not sure if the hassle is worthwhile...but then I prefer 'krita' and 'inkscape' to 'gimp' where these days, professionals (like my son) tend to run Adobe stuff in the cloud. It's cheaper and saves the hassle of keeping stuff up-to-date.
Sometimes I get the impression that you @Rory tend to fall back on old known habits and insist on installing those without checking if there's more modern or better options out there.
I can understand your frustration but as always, the cheaper option requires you to get your hands dirty, juggling stuff you've never even heard of before. That can be quite a daunting learning curve but ultimately quite rewarding in a general sense.
To be clear:
I'm not sure if the Elive/Debian wine application isn't flawed but I'm fairly sure that a years old Adobe (windows based) plugin for Gimp has a lot of issues to resolve.
Personally I've never seen 'wine' do a good job and frankly have never seen a reason to run Win-only apps on Linux .... if they're any good they'll have a Linux version available. That's why I never, ever install 'wine' in the first place.
I use a fountain pen and a film camera from 1963 because they do what I need. I have no problem with technology I just dont need it to do more than I need. Nik software cant be replicated. It is unique and it mimics in digital what I do in the darkroom. I have photoshop, lightroom and all the apps I need including Nik software on disk. I paid for them long before it went all cloud. I use Photoshop Classic its old but I dont need the updates. I dont remove objects or clone or anything as I mainly do studio work. I use layers sparingly. I can use photoshop 7 happily it does what I need. So an old machine is perfect. I wont use the machine for the internet as I will use elive on the levovo for the internet and to download to my gallery. For me the mac is just a tool.
So run that on the associated OS (Win or Mac) in a virtual machine (virtualbox) but not on 'wine', which in every sense is just a dumbed down XP built on old libraries.
Yes you can but take care it doesn't use too much RAM.
Virtualbox (if installed) should be in the 'utilities' category but in the spirit of the previous thread ... that's easily found out with 'dpl |grep virtualbox'.
Explanation of that command:
'dpl' is an Elive alias (a short name) for the 'dpkg -l' command, which lists all installed packages.
'|' is a 'pipe' symbol meaning "run the previous command through the next command (in this case 'grep').
'grep' is a filter which is followed by the wanted filter (in this case "virtualbox").
Resulting in the the wanted output.
If you want to see the unfiltered output, simply run 'dpl', which will show you ALL the installed packages on your machine...which is a lot.
