DaVinci Resolve on Debian: Four Fixes and It Runs

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RESOLVE 21.x / DEBIAN+PIKAOS / NVIDIA — ERROR → FIX
pre: nvidia-smi ok; /etc/OpenCL/vendors/nvidia.icd; /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcuda.so.1; 25GB free /opt
run: sudo SKIP_PACKAGE_CHECK=1 ./DaVinci_Resolve*_Linux.run -i --allowroot --noconfirm   (-u = uninstall)
ok:  "DaVinci Resolve installed to /opt/resolve"

ORDER: 1→2→3 sequential. 4–8 on match only.

1  libfuse.so.2                          apt install libfuse2t64 || libfuse2 || ./*.run --appimage-extract-and-run ...
2  installer: missing libglib2.0-0 /     SKIP_PACKAGE_CHECK=1 (t64 rename; libs are present)
   libapr1 / libasound2
3  symbol lookup error                   mkdir -p /opt/resolve/libs/_disabled
   g_string_free_and_steal |             cd /opt/resolve/libs
   g_task_set_static_name                mv libglib-2.0.so* libgio-2.0.so* libgmodule-2.0.so* libgobject-2.0.so* _disabled/
                                         verify: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/resolve/libs ldd /opt/resolve/bin/resolve | grep -E 'glib|not found'
                                         want: libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/…  ; no "not found"
                                         !! REGRESSES ON EVERY UPDATE. REDO.
4  Could not find the Qt platform        cat > /usr/local/bin/resolve <<'W'
   plugin wayland                        #!/usr/bin/env bash
   — or —                                export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb
   exits instantly, no error, no log     rm -f /tmp/qtsingleapp-DaVinc-*-lockfile 2>/dev/null
                                         cd /opt/resolve || exit 1
                                         exec /opt/resolve/bin/resolve "$@"
                                         W
                                         chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/resolve
                                         sed -i 's|^Exec=.*|Exec=/usr/local/bin/resolve %u|' /usr/share/applications/com.blackmagicdesign.resolve.desktop
5  extras/AI model download fails        mkdir -p /etc/pki && ln -s /etc/ssl /etc/pki/tls
6  Cannot activate license |             chmod -R a+rwX /opt/resolve/.license /opt/resolve/Extras
   extras perm denied
7  undefined symbol: _ZNSt3__1           apt install libc++1 libc++abi1
                                         mv /opt/resolve/libs/libc++*.so* /opt/resolve/libs/_disabled/
8  clip imports, no audio                ffmpeg -i in.MOV -c:v copy -c:a pcm_s24le out.mov   (AAC unsupported on Linux, not fixable)

LOG   ~/.local/share/DaVinciResolve/logs/ResolveDebug.txt   grep -E 'ERROR|FATAL'
NOISE "X11 logs not found" | "No Main Display GPU found" | "ProRes RAW"   → ignore, present on healthy installs
LIC   Studio asks key on first run; reinstall on same box may fail once then self-activate ~15s later
UPD   new .run → rerun `run:` line → reapply 3,5,6 (+7 if set). Script at source URL does all of this idempotently.
POLICY never rm from /opt/resolve/libs — mv to _disabled/ only.