[Digikam-users] [metadata] Exiv2 0.18.1 and can't write metadata on TIFF/PNG files

[Gilles Caulier]

2009/5/11 Mikolaj Machowski <mikmach at wp.pl>:
> On Monday 11 May 2009 14:13:48 Micha? Smoczyk wrote:
>> Or maybe there is a possibility to get good libkexiv2 from another
>> repository? Or compiling by myself from sources, but I don't know if
>> I could compile only 1 library in KDE from sources (and not whole
>> big KDE, I am week at this).
>
> AFAIK to make *everything* work you have to recompile digiKam against exiv2
> 0.18.1 - just installing this package isn't enough. If you only replace older
> version of exiv2 some things will work but only part of functionality will be
> available. Am I correct, Gilles?

Yes, at least libkexiv2. Why ? because Exiv2 0.18.0 and 0.18.1 binary
compatibily have been broken (normally it's not the case...)

To be sure about which Exiv2 is used with digiKam, go to
"Help/Component Infos" dialog...

Gilles