[Digikam-devel] How to get kio to find digikamalbums et al?

[Nikolaus Rath]

Hi Gilles,

On Oct 08 2015, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> I have compiled digikam and installed it into /usr/local. Unfortunately,
>> things are not quite working right: digikam has trouble communicating
>> with kioslave, so the browser doesn't show any images at all.
>>
>> I'm getting the following messages:
>>
>> $ digikam
>> Object::connect: No such signal
>> org::freedesktop::UPower::DeviceAdded(QString)
>> Object::connect: No such signal
>> org::freedesktop::UPower::DeviceRemoved(QString)
>> digikam(14202): couldn't create slave: "Unknown protocol 'digikamdates'."
>> digikam(14202)/digikam (core) Digikam::AlbumManager::slotDatesJobResult:
>> Failed to list dates
>> digikam(14202)/digikam (core) Digikam::DNotificationWrapper: parent is null
>> digikam(14202): couldn't create slave: "Unknown protocol 'digikamalbums'."
>> digikam(14202)/digikam (core) Digikam::ImageAlbumModel::slotResult: Failed
>> to list url:  "Could not start process Unknown protocol 'digikamalbums'.."
>> digikam(14202)/kdecore (trader) KServiceTypeTrader::defaultOffers:
>> KServiceTypeTrader: serviceType  "Digikam/ImagePlugin"  not found
>>
>> I've tried to fix this by explicitly setting
>>
>> * LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /usr/local/lib/kde4 (which contains e.g.
>> kio_digikamalbums.so)
>> * KDE_FORK_SLAVES=1 (so the slave processes inherit LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
>>
>> and running kbuildsycoca4 (out of desperation, not sure if that's really
>> relevant), but the problem persists.
>>
>> Is there a way to install digikam from source without having to put
>> files in /usr/lib/?
>
> Follow instruction from README.LOCAL files. There is also a bootstrap.local
> script to configure source code.

Thanks! It seems I just missed to set KDEDIRS when running
kbuildsycoca4. Now it works nicely :-).


Best,
-Nikolaus

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