[Digikam-users] Upgrading for Digikam

[leap]

I used to use kubuntu until kde4 but have changed to ubuntu with gnome.  
Digikam works fine under gnome. The main problem is that installing  
digikam pulls in stupid amounts of kde. I understand that it would need qt  
and some kde libs to run but do I really need to install dolphin,  
konqueror and phonon (just to mention a few) just to run digikam? I don't  
know whether the problem is with digikam or ubuntu/debian packagers but it  
does seem excessive.

Other than that it does work. I think you should decide whether you want  
gnome or kde and then just install digikam on whatever you choose.

As most linux users now seem to use gnome perhaps the digikam devs should  
look at minimising the number of kde parts that it relies on? I am not  
suggesting moving to gtk but just trying to reduce the footprint a bit. A  
common complaint from gnome users amount kde apps in general is the amount  
of kde stuff that need to be installed to run them and digikam is by far  
the worst that I have come across. It is a shame because digikam is the  
best photo app on linux.

On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:04:26 +0100, davidvincentjones  
<davidvj at verizon.net> wrote:

>
> Digikam is my most critical application that I run on Ubuntu 8.10  with  
> the
> Gnome front end. I am operating with DK version 0.11.0-svn and KDE  
> 4.2.2. (I
> do currently have some critical EXIF issues with this combination).
>
> I am ready to upgrade to Ubuntu 9.4 and wonder whether I would be better  
> to
> install, right from the start, the KDE desktop for better compatibility  
> with
> Digikam.
>
> Are there any issues with the 'stock' install of this combination right
> from the package manager?



-- 
Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/