[digikam] [Bug 379959] New: Could not start database initializer

[dajomu]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=379959

            Bug ID: 379959
           Summary: Could not start database initializer
           Product: digikam
           Version: 5.5.0
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: grave
          Priority: NOR
         Component: Database
          Assignee: digikam-devel at kde.org
          Reporter: dajomu1 at gmail.com
  Target Milestone: ---

Hi,

I always get the error message below when trying to configure digikam 5.5 on
Ubuntu 16.10, 17.04, Linux Mint ...

"An error occurred during the internal server start.
Details: Could not start database initializer.
Executable: mysql_install_db
Arguments: --datadir=/home/beda/Pictures/.mysql.digikam/db_data,
--defaults-file=/home/beda/.local/share/digikam/mysql.conf
Process error: Unknown error"


I suspect that this might be because digikam tries to initialize using the
executable mysql_install_db which is depreciated in mysql5.7
"$mysql_install_db
2017-05-17 23:28:57 [WARNING] mysql_install_db is deprecated. Please consider
switching to mysqld --initialize
2017-05-17 23:28:57 [ERROR]   The data directory needs to be specified."

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