<div dir="ltr">Thanks for this. I will have a look at those. However, I am still unclear why I appear to have two versions running? <div>Are these running at the same time when I click the icon?</div><div>If so, is this causing the problem with my thumbnails?</div><div>If I install the Appimage bundle will this sort out the other two - or merely make things worse?</div><div><br></div><div>TIA, Chris</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 11 Oct 2022 at 09:53, Gilles Caulier <<a href="mailto:caulier.gilles@gmail.com">caulier.gilles@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">You can try the AppImage bundle that we support instead Snap :<br>
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<a href="https://files.kde.org/digikam/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://files.kde.org/digikam/</a><br>
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It's simple to use :<br>
<a href="https://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/kde-applicationdata/digikam/README" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/kde-applicationdata/digikam/README</a><br>
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Gilles Caulier<br>
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Le mar. 11 oct. 2022 à 10:43, Chris Deuchar <<a href="mailto:deuchars@gmail.com" target="_blank">deuchars@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br>
><br>
> The most recent update was done via Ubuntu's 'Software' application - which I think is the snap version? As were the preceding updates as far as I can remember.<br>
> (Please excuse me as I only moved to linux 18 months ago and I am still getting my head round some things. Previously I was brought up in the 'wonderful world of DOS' before moving on to Windows-1...etc !)<br>
> However, back in Ubuntuland, having previously been advised to use Synaptic package manager, a search in there reveals the digikam version as 7.5.0! - with no mention of the 7.8.0 that actually runs.<br>
> What the?<br>
><br>
> Chris<br>
><br>
> On Tue, 11 Oct 2022 at 09:33, Gilles Caulier <<a href="mailto:caulier.gilles@gmail.com" target="_blank">caulier.gilles@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi,<br>
>><br>
>> Did you use Flatpak packaging on your system to install digiKam ? How<br>
>> did you update the application ?<br>
>><br>
>> Gilles Caulier<br>
>><br>
>> Le mar. 11 oct. 2022 à 10:29, Chris Deuchar <<a href="mailto:deuchars@gmail.com" target="_blank">deuchars@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Hi Gilles, I use JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIF, & PCX primarily - all except the latter previously displayed correctly - as did previews for MP4, WAV and others. It is only since the update to 7.8.0 from 7.7.0 that this problem has arisen.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > Chris<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 at 15:38, Gilles Caulier <<a href="mailto:caulier.gilles@gmail.com" target="_blank">caulier.gilles@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Hi,<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Which kind of file type mime gives this behavior ? JPEG, PNG, TIFF,<br>
>> >> HEIF, etc ???<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Best<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Gilles Caulier<br>
>> >><br>
>> >> Le lun. 10 oct. 2022 à 16:31, Chris Deuchar <<a href="mailto:deuchars@gmail.com" target="_blank">deuchars@gmail.com</a>> a écrit :<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > Hi, I have been using Digikam for a few years, and through several versions, initially in Win7 but now in Ubuntu 22.04. However, following the update from 7.7.0 to 7.8.0, I can no longer get the thumbnails and folders to update. I have tried database cleaning (8 hours) and thumbnail rebuilding (16 hours) but all I seem to have achieved is replacing those thumbnails that were there with the default icons!<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > I use this program a lot for producing html albums (which I can still do in showfoto 7.5.0 - but it is a rather more cumbersome to navigate) so I would like to get Digikam working properly again.<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > Alternatively, if I can back track to version 7.7.0 then I will do that if someone can point me at a source.<br>
>> >> ><br>
>> >> > TIA, Chris<br>
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