[Digikam-users] digiKam 1.2.0 released... / Ubuntu installation recommendation

[Vlado Plaga]

This is the way I installed digiKam 1.2 in Ubuntu 10.04 (and it should
also work in Ubuntu 9.10, or a recent Debian):

1. create a temporary directory
2. download digikam-1.2.0.tar.bz2 to this directory
3. also download the Debian diff for digiKam from unstable[1]:
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/digikam/digikam_1.1.0-1.diff.gz
4. unpack digikam and unzip the diff:
  # tar xjf digikam-1.2.0.tar.bz2
  # gunzip digikam_1.1.0-1.diff.gz
5. change to the now-created directory: # cd digikam-1.2.0
6. # patch -p1 < ../digikam_1.1.0-1.diff
7. create Debian packages of digiKam and showFoto:
  # chmod +x debian/rules
  # fakeroot debian/rules binary

On my machine this created the following three packages:
digikam_1.1.0-1_powerpc.deb
digikam-dbg_1.1.0-1_powerpc.deb
showfoto_1.1.0-1_powerpc.deb

Don't be confused by the file names, the packages really contain
digiKam 1.2! Normally you would not need the "digikam-dbg" (debug)
package. Install the packages with "dpkg -i" or your preferred method.

The advantage of using Debian packages (instead of just installing
digiKam manually alongside an existing KDE) is that you don't interfere
with your package manager and can even update digiKam later on with
distribution packages. Unfortunately digiKam cannot be installed
properly in /usr/local, if things haven't changed recently.

Regards,
Vlado

[1] You can check http://packages.debian.org/sid/digikam and maybe
already get the diff for the official 1.2 package