[Digikam-users] Re: Installing Digikam on Mac OS X 10.6.8

[Phil Stanford]

Hi - I recall having some issues with actually running Digikam under
MacPorts, once all the dependencies were finally installed.
I have forgotten just what the details were but it might have been
similar symptoms to yours.

In my case it was because I'd not spotted the instructions that will
have flashed by as part of the 'dbus' install, which needs a couple
commands to be issued to start this process -  in a shell, type 'port
notes dbus'  which should show you the correct two commands to be run
on your own install.  Mine follows - good luck!
Phil

---------
$ port notes dbus
Warning: port definitions are more than two weeks old, consider using selfupdate
dbus has the following notes:
  ############################################################################
  # Startup items have been generated that will aid in
  # starting dbus with launchd. They are disabled
  # by default. Execute the following command to start them,
  # and to cause them to launch at startup:
  #
  # sudo launchctl load -w
/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.freedesktop.dbus-system.plist
  # launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
  ############################################################################




On 28 July 2011 18:34, Sergio Minero II <hwitaquila at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello.  I am on my second attempt at installing Digikam on Snow Leopard.  I
> have limited experience with Ubuntu and no experience with MacPorts, sudo,
> packages, dbus, and all the other joys of Linux.  I don't even know how to
> run Digikam from the Terminal.  I've read the instructions for installation
> on the Digikam site and read through the Digikam support posts and the
> MacPorts support posts when I got error messages about libraries that didn't
> install and lists that wouldn't load.  I've done a lot of copying and
> pasting and blind experimentation.  Though I enjoy learning and would like
> to understand Unix/Linux/MacPorts better I don't want to spend weeks doing
> that just to install and run Digikam.
> At this point I've gotten as far as being able to click on the Digikam icon
> at Applications/MacPorts/KDE4.  The icon shows up on the Dock, bounces, and
> stops.  What do I do next?  How do I determine what I'm missing to complete
> a successful installation?
>
> Sergio Minero
>
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