[Digikam-users] digiKam-0.9.0-beta3 and DigikamImagePlugins-0.9.0-beta3 have been released.

Tue Oct 24 10:56:16 BST 2006

Well, I am a happy man.
You know the phrase, he has a history, well I'm not talking about my own,
but my computer also has a history, I guess in computer years it is a bit of
an old man now, certainly it goes back to 2005, and older versions of linux,
I started with Red Hat something.
After hitting my head against a wall for a couple of evenings I investigated
my file structure and what I have on it a bit more closely.
I discovered an old install of libgphoto2 in another location and, more
importantly, the gphoto2 executable under /usr/bin and the new install,
something like /usr/lib/bin.
Then I slapped my forhead, it's an executable, it doesn't matter much where
it is so long as it is found. Since I don't know how to tell compile where
the version I want to use is, just move (actually copy) the new version to
the old location. And it works! With one mother of a compile - well not as
long as the sadly never used PDL which took all night to compile in, but
that's another story!
Lessons:-
1. We have histories.
2. Maybe it is worth reading the book (but maybe it isn't, I wouldn't have
known what bit of knowledge I was looking for.)
3. Don't get frustrated with the mail list. If there is silence don't be
paranoid. It probably means that if you don't know your own system, then
someone else sure as hell doesn't, why should they?
4. Linux is brilliant. You could say that you would never waist your time so
productively with windos. Not true. What happens with windos is that you do
waist your time, and worse, you get sucked into dead ends while you wait and
wait for features in your prefered what ever. Linux breeds creativity and it
is brilliant. It is brilliant to be involved in that process, however
slightly. If you see a work of art don't you want to feel involved in it,
touched by it, this is the same. (where, I suppose, your own computer is
your interpretation of the work of art.)
5. I have anwered my own questions, gphoto2 is needed and the error will go
when it is found, I'm not sure the nature of the dependancy though?
6. And, of course, *digkam rocks!*

With thanks,
Adam

On 23/10/06, adasal <adam.saltiel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Gilles,
> I'm sure this is a simple thing now that I don't know.
> Marcus from the gphoto2 list told me the flag to enable gphoto2 to compile
> and I have now done that, so this must mean that libgphoto2 is OK behind it,
> right?
> I am not on the machine until the end of the day. But ...
> 1. What I need now is the magic that will enable my system to pick this
> up.
> 2. Is it a bug that the configure process reports gphoto2 missing, not the
> libgphoto2 behind it (I think we have been through this one, but a bit
> unclear still)?
> 3. Will this output disappear when it correctly finds libgphoto2?
> Hope you can help,
> Adam
>
> On 23/10/06, Gilles Caulier < caulier.gilles at kdemail.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Sunday 22 October 2006 13:30, adasal wrote:
> > > Hub, Gilles,
> > > You seem to be saying no big deal about the "gphoto needed output" -
> > just a
> > > textual correction.
> > > So that must mean my problems are with my install of libgphoto2,
> > right?
> >
> > Yes, digiKam use only libgphoto2, not gphoto2 backend.
> >
> > Gilles
> >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > > On 22/10/06, Caulier Gilles <caulier.gilles at kdemail.net> wrote:
> > > > Le Dimanche 22 Octobre 2006 02:00, Pedro Venda a écrit :
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > The build failed on my system, becayse it was unable to find
> > > > > exiv2_version.h.
> > > >
> > > > Witch Exiv2 release you use ? I recommend to use last stable release
> > > > 0.11.
> > > >
> > > > Gilles
> > > >
> > > > > I looked through the rest of the code and saw that only
> > > > > digikam/lib/widgets/metadata/gpswidget.cpp included it, so I
> > thought
> > > >
> > > > that
> > > >
> > > > > maybe it could have been left behind, and not really be necessary
> > > >
> > > > anymore.
> > > >
> > > > > So, by removing the offending include (#include
> > > > > <exiv2/exiv2_version.h>)
> > > >
> > > > -
> > > >
> > > > > line 54 from digikam/lib/widgets/metadata/gpswidget.cpp, I fixed
> > the
> > > > > problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Pedro Venda.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Friday 20 October 2006 21:44, F.J.Cruz wrote:
> > > > > > Following the policy of digiKam community about to offer a high
> > > >
> > > > quality
> > > >
> > > > > > product, we are proud to presents the new digiKam and
> > > >
> > > > DigikamImagePlugins
> > > >
> > > > > > 0.9.0-beta3 releases. As usual, these news packages  have a lot
> > of
> > > >
> > > > bugs
> > > >
> > > > > > fixed and improved features:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you want to know more about all the changes in this release,
> > have
> > > > > > a look at the NEWS
> > > > > > [
> > > >
> > > >
> > http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/extragear/graphics/digikam/NEWS?rev=596600&v
> > > >
> > > > > >ie w=markup] and CHANGELOG files
> > > > > > [
> > > >
> > > > http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/extragear/graphics/digikam/ChangeLog?rev=595
> >
> > > >
> > > > > >83 8&view=markup]. Feel free to  read about ours plans for the
> > future
> > > >
> > > > in
> > > >
> > > > > > the TODO file
> > > > > > [
> > > >
> > > >
> > http://websvn.kde.org/trunk/extragear/graphics/digikam/TODO?rev=594143&v
> > > >
> > > > > >ie w=markup]
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As you probably know whith the beta releases we are asking users
> > to
> > > >
> > > > test
> > > >
> > > > > > this version of digiKam and to report bugs, so if you find one
> > of
> > > >
> > > > these,
> > > >
> > > > > > please report it to the bug tracking system at bugs.kde.org. In
> > a
> > > >
> > > > first
> > > >
> > > > > > step, make sure that there is not already a bug report for your
> > > >
> > > > problem.
> > > >
> > > > > > A list of open bug reports for digikam can be found at
> > > >
> > > >
> > http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=digikam&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bu
> > > >
> > > > > >g_ status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED and for
> > > > > > digikamimageplugins in this URL
> > > >
> > > >
> > http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?product=digikamimageplugins&bug_status=UN
> > > >
> > > > > >CO
> > NFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > If you are a digiKam user, you know you have a great piece of
> > > > > > software
> > > >
> > > > in
> > > >
> > > > > > your desktop, otherwise we invite to test a sophisticated, but
> > easy
> > > > > > to use, digital photo management application.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Donwload your packages here:
> > > > > > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=42641
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