[Digikam-users] digiKam 2.2.0 on Ubuntu 11.04 refuses to start

[Clair Johnston]

On 10/9/2011 12:41 AM, Dr. Martin Senftleben wrote:
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> Am 09.10.2011 02:15, schrieb Clair Johnston:
>> On 10/8/2011 4:21 AM, Ignatius Reilly wrote:
>>> Try forcing version downgrade for libkipi from 4.6.5 to 4.6.2 (Philip
>>> Johnsson's PPA) in Synaptic
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>> Digikam 2.2.0 was running fine on Kubuntu 11.04 until I let KDE update,
>> now Digikam won't start and it looks like libkipi was updated to 4.6.5.
>> How do I get back to 4.6.2.  Synaptic only shows 4.6.5.  Which of
>> Philip's PPA's do I need?  Just using "extra" now.
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> I use also the "extra" PPA, but when I select "force version" (or
> similar, ->  Ctrl-E) in Synaptic, I get the option for a downgrade to
> 4.6.2, and one is the original ubuntu package.
> Actually, I had the upgrade to KDE 4.6.5 last night, and after that
> digikam wouldn't start. But the downgrade of libkipi was easy and now
> digikam 2.2 starts up fine again.
>
> Martin
Thanks Martin, that fixed it for me.
I'm back in business.

Clair