[Digikam-users] Digikam on Mac : attempt to make (then publish) a simple tutorial...

[G]

Hi,

I'd like to help digikam project by making a simple and clear tutorial 
to have digikam up and running on Mac OSX, usable not only by sysadmins 
or mac geeks...

Few months ago, my attempt to install digikam (1.6) on my Mac was 
unsuccessfull and I decided to wait a few until the install process 
become maybe simpler...

Last week, I thinked it was time to re-attempt with digikam 1.8 on 
macports...

So, beginning the work about the tuto, here my command-lines :

> sudo port selfupdate
> sudo port upgrade digikam
Here a problem with kdeedu, I force activation as macports suggest
> sudo port -f activate kdeedu4 @4.6.0_0
> sudo port upgrade digikam
My username is "g"
> sudo chown -R g ~/Library/Preferences/KDE
> sudo chown -R g /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
Next command outputs "nothing to load"
> sudo launchctl load
> /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
With the "-w" option, it's OK.
> sudo launchctl load -w
> /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist

Compilation (about 10 hours for total process on 2009 MacBook Pro 4Gb 
RAM) OK.
Launching digikam via double click in App Folder->MacPorts->KDE4->digikam
I've 2 icons bouncing in the taskbar : digikam icon and the unknown icon 
for drkonqui.
40 seconds then the unknown icon became the right icon of drkonqui and 
drkonqui crashes.
It's all...

Investigations :
> cd
> /opt/local/var/macports/software/digikam/1.8.0_0+geoloc+kipi/Applications/MacPorts/KDE4/
> ./digikam.app/Contents/MacOS/digikam

Same things, exactly : 2 icons bouncing, etc.
No message.

Unable to debug:
> MacBook-Pro-de-La-FIRME:MacOS g$ ./kdebugdialog
> Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide a
> socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is loaded!
> kdebugdialog(87409): KUniqueApplication: Cannot find the D-Bus session
> server:  "Not enough memory"

I've org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist loaded :

> MacBook-Pro-de-La-FIRME:MacOS g$ sudo launchctl load
> /Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
> Password:
> org.freedesktop.dbus-session: Already loaded

Any idea ?

Any help will be integrated to the future tutorial if I finally get a 
working install of Digikam.

Thanks in advance,

G.