<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Open a shell/terminal and start digikam from there by typing "digikam" (without the "")and hit enter. Hopefully you will get some error messages there that can give clues about what's going on. I would guess that you somehow have installed KDE and/or exiv2 versions other than your installed Digikam is built against to use.<br><br></div>Most likely you have more than one package from sqlite3 installed on your system. You might have to install/update them at the same time with the same install/update command (not install one of the sqlite3 packages and then the other) to not have a conflict as they depend on each other. Shouldn't conflict with other packages but it's own version.<br><br></div>/philip<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Tom Rank <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tom@literaryconnections.co.uk" target="_blank">tom@literaryconnections.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks for the reply.<br>
<br>
Sorry if I wasn't clear. When I completed the initial set up, Digikam appeared to start, and seemed to be scanning the albums - but only for a second or two, then the program vanished - no Digikam workspace, no icon on the task bar, etc. So I take that to be a crash, even though it doesn't open the error reporting window (as version 3.5 used to give me).<br>
<br>
As a temporary measure, I decided to set up Shotwell: it took about 8 hours to scan and 'import' all my images. I don't expect Digikam to take so long, but 2 or 3 seconds doesn't seem right, especially when it doesn't then display anything.<br>
<br>
I did try to load libsqlite3-0 version 3.8.6 on Ubuntu 14.04: that gave me various warnings about incompatible programs - and didn't seem to work with Digikam. I tried an upgrade to Ubuntu 14.10 - but that caused me a significant graphics problem with my hardware, so I went for Linux Mint 17.1, which had no such problem. It's based on Ubuntu 14.04, but loads the more recent Digikam 4.0.0. I'll see if I can get a more recent version of Digikam and libsqlite3-0 running and report back - I realise now how much I'm missing Digikam!<br>
<br>
Tom<span class=""><br>
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On 13/12/14 18:48, Philip Johnsson wrote:<br>
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I don't really understand your problem. "Run Digikam again: same quick<br>
scan of albums, then nothing." What does "nothing" here mean that is<br>
your problem? As I understand it digikam doesn't crash on you?<br>
<br>
If you update Digikam (or even otherwise) from a PPA or other way I<br>
suggest that you make sure that you don't use sqlite3 3.8.2 that comes<br>
with Ubuntu 14.04 as that version is buggy with Digikam. So check which<br>
version of the package libsqlite3-0 you are using. Ubunt 14.10 comes<br>
with version 3.8.6 that works much better so either install it from<br>
Ubuntu 14.10 or backport it some how.<br>
<br>
/Philip<br>
<br>
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On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Tom Rank <<a href="mailto:tom@literaryconnections.co.uk" target="_blank">tom@literaryconnections.co.uk</a><br></span><span class="">
<mailto:<a href="mailto:tom@literaryconnections.co.uk" target="_blank">tom@<u></u>literaryconnections.co.uk</a>>> wrote:<br>
<br>
Hi<br>
<br>
Version 3.5 of Digikam on Ubuntu 14.04 crashed too often for my<br>
liking, so I hoped that an upgrade to a newer version would help.<br>
Version 4.0 runs fine on my Linux Mint laptop (with a small photo<br>
collection) so I reckoned that an upgrade on my desktop might be an<br>
improvement.<br>
<br>
I've just completed a fresh install of Linux Mint 17.1, which runs<br>
fine, and installed Digikam Version:<br></span>
4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04~_<u></u>_ppa2. I've put my large photo<span class=""><br>
collection (about 300 GB) in Pictures.<br>
<br>
First run routine says images will be in:<br>
/home/tom/Pictures<br>
<br>
That's correct (but any attempt to browse elsewhere leads the setup<br>
window to vanish and Digikam stops)<br>
<br>
Scanning collections was very quick (too quick, I thought) - but<br>
then nothing. Digikam didn't run, no crash report, nothing.<br>
<br>
Run Digikam again: same quick scan of albums, then nothing.<br>
<br>
I can easily upgrade to a more recent version - version 4.0.0 is the<br>
default for Mint 17.1, which is based on Ubuntu 14.04 (though 14.04<br>
is stuck at 3.5). Should I try to add an additional PPA to install a<br>
later version?<br>
<br>
Please can anyone help? I've found Digikam a really useful program<br>
for managing a growing photo collection and now feel lost!<br>
<br>
(Yes, I did first try to upgrade to Ubuntu 14.10 - but for some<br>
reason my hardware didn't like it: Mint 17.1 installed without a hitch)<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
<br>
Tom<br>
<br>
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