I finally did it.
With the help of Gemini and a couple of prompts, I finally managed to install Color Navigator 7 on Linux, and I have to say it works really well.
You need ColorNavigator 7.tar.gz the EIZO software for linux. I’m not sharing the link here to avoid copyright issues but you can ask via mail Eizo Support (uk dot support at eizo dot com) to get your link.
They were really kind, so I doubt they won’t reply back.
But…I have a copy just in case, so feel free to reach me out 1-1 if you don’t get a reply.
Here’s my distrobox.ini, assuming in the following tutorial that is placed ~/.config/distrobox/distrobox.ini:
# ColorNavigator 7 (RHEL 9 Compatible Environment)
[colornavigator-rhel]
image=quay.io/almalinux/almalinux:9
pull=true
replace=true
pre_init_hooks="dnf install -y epel-release || true; dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb || true"
additional_packages="dnf-plugins-core tar gzip libusb1 mesa-libGL libX11 libXcomposite libXcursor libXdamage libXext libXi libXtst nss alsa-lib cups-libs fontconfig gtk3 pciutils usbutils zsh fzf git ripgrep"
additional_flags="--privileged --device /dev/kfd --device /dev/dri --device /dev/bus/usb"
init=false
nvidia=false
Create the container by running the following on the host:
distrobox assemble create --file ~/.config/distrobox/distrobox.ini --name colornavigator-rhel
The you need to enter the distrobox just created:
distrobox enter colornavigator-rhel
then:
sudo passwd root # Enter a temporary password
From the folder where the .gz file was extracted, you need to run sudo ./install.sh:
colornavigator-rhel :: ~/Development/Projects/ColorNavigator7/ColorNavigator 7 » ll
total 12K
drwxr-xr-x. 4 fabio fabio 4,0K Oct 11 11:59 bin
drwxr-xr-x. 2 fabio fabio 42 Oct 11 11:59 eula
drwxr-xr-x. 8 fabio fabio 124 Oct 11 11:59 files
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 fabio fabio 2,0K Aug 1 2025 install.sh
drwxr-xr-x. 3 fabio fabio 26 Oct 11 11:59 tool
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 fabio fabio 800 Aug 1 2025 uninstall.sh
colornavigator-rhel :: ~/Development/Projects/ColorNavigator7/ColorNavigator 7 » sudo ./install.sh
The installer fails to copy the icons because the destination folders are missing from the AlmaLinux container. Recreate them and force the export:
# Still inside the container:
# 1. Create the missing folders
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/{16x16,32x32,48x48,128x128}/apps
# 2. Copy the icon file manually
sudo cp files/icon/* /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/com.eizo.cn7.png 2>/dev/null || true
# 3. Copy the startup file
sudo cp files/desktop/com.eizo.cn7.desktop /usr/share/applications/
# 4. Export to the openSUSE system menu Tumbleweed
distrobox-export --app /usr/share/applications/com.eizo.cn7.desktop
You can start CN7 from the distrobox you just created by running:
/opt/EIZO/ColorNavigator\ 7/ColorNavigator\ 7.sh
At the end of this process, CN7 started up normally, but in my case, the monitor wasn’t recognized.
I tried a few other things, thinking it was a software issue, but the problem turned out to be the USB cable. After replacing it, the monitor was recognized without any issues.
So I don’t know if what follows applies to all cases, but I’m including it in case it helps others.
The Udev daemon resides on the host, not in the container. Copy the files extracted from the EIZO archive to the base system:
sudo cp ~/Development/Projects/ColorNavigator7/'ColorNavigator 7'/files/rules/* /etc/udev/rules.d/
sudo udevadm control --reload-rules && sudo udevadm trigger
If you need to troubleshoot if you system recognis the monitor, you can check the hardware on the host:
workstation :: ~ » lsusb | grep -iE "eizo"
Bus 001 Device 060: ID 056d:0002 EIZO Corp. HID Monitor Controls
If the monitor is recognized, a line like the one above will appear.
I hope this helps anyone with an EIZO monitor to use it under Linux 
