[Digikam-users] DigiKam won't open from desktop menu

[Arnd Baecker]

Hi Charles,

hmm, this sounds like a distribution specific problem to me....

What is the output of
  ls -l /usr/lib/libexiv*
and
  ldd /usr/bin/digikam
?

Best, Arnd
On Sun, 21 Sep 2008, Charles Morel wrote:

> Yes, I did use the One's add/remove feature to install DigiKam.
>
> I just went to Package Manager and searched for Digikam under installed
> packages. The libexiv2 program was part of the DigiKam package that was
> installed, along with libkipi (which appears twice in the list), and
> libkidcraw. I also noticed that libkipi was for use with the KDE
> environment. My One is using XFCE and was wondering if that was the problem.
> If that's the case, how do I delete DigiKam? In the add/remove program, I
> didn't see any option for deleting.
>
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 2:54 AM, David Aldred <nr at familyaldred.org.uk>wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > 2008/9/21 Charles Morel <chazzmor at gmail.com>
> >
> >> I downloaded DigiKam to my Acer Aspire One with Linux, using the
> >> Add/Remove software feature in the advanced desktop menu. DigiKam, along
> >> with DigiKam Theme Design, Gthumb Image Viewer, Paint and ShowFoto all
> >> appeared in my desktop menu. When I click on any of the programs, nothing
> >> happens. I then went to a terminal and entered /usr/bin/digikam to see if it
> >> would open that way and got an error message: "error while loading shared
> >> libraires libexiv2.so.0: cannot open shared object file. I've never used
> >> Linex before, and the Aspire One uses something called Linex Linpus Lite,
> >> so I really need step by step instructions on getting DigiKam to work.
> >>
> >
> > Did you use the 'add/remove software' program (Pirut) on the One to install
> > Digikam?  If so, try using the same route to install a package called
> > libexiv2 (just put that in the Pirut search bar and the full package name
> > will appear).  This should contain the library Digikam is looking for, so
> > installing it should solve the problem.
> >
> >
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