Digikam not working properly (on Fedora 38 GNOME)

[Jethro Busby]

Hi Gilles,
I've been reading about AppImages, and it seems to me that they're not 
designed for long term use - the whole no install thing. Do I misunderstand?

What's the best way to install Digikam on linux? I'm very new to this 
whole linux thing.


Thanks, Jethro.

On 31/10/2023 19:57, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Well it's simple. Forgot the Application store to install digiKam. As 
> an application which needs access to the host operating system a lot, 
> the sandboxing used by the store is just a pain.
>
> Try the AppImage bundle that we package for Linux. It will work 
> better. The 8.2.0 pre-release is available here:
>
> https://files.kde.org/digikam/
>
> Nota: I don't know why the Linux distro tries to force us to use a 
> very limited sandoxing policy. It's just an idiot idea at all. When 
> installing Ubuntu on my computer, Snap is the first thing that I drop 
> completely from the system (for ex to install Firefox).
>
> Best
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> Le mar. 31 oct. 2023 à 18:22, Jethro Busby <jethrobusby at gmail.com> a 
> écrit :
>
>     Hi all,
>     I used to use Digikam with Windows, and everything worked fine.
>     Now, the same PC has been dual-booted, with Fedora Linux 38 (GNOME
>     edition). Digikam isn't working very well.
>     (I installed Digikam from the default /Software/ app store.)
>     Firstly, not all the folders are showing up. I keep my photos in
>     MASTER<YEAR<YEAR-MONTH-DAY folders, and only the first few months
>     of 2023 are showing in the albums view. I have the same files and
>     folder structure in Fedora, and I pointed Digikam to the original
>     database files (in the same place in the folder structure).
>     image.png
>
>     Secondly, Digikam isn't working properly. For example, when I go
>     to Settings<Configure digikam, I get this
>     <https://youtu.be/oqM616VFr30> weird behaviour when I click
>     /confirm/ or /cancel/. (That's a video taken by an actual camera;
>     screenshots gave me this):
>     Screenshot from 2023-10-29 17-33-23.png
>     Digikam is just acting really odd.
>
>     What should I do?
>
>     -- 
>     /Jethro busby/
>
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