[Digikam-users] How to install latest digikam on ubuntu?

[Jim Householder]

I was having the same ConnectionTest message.
It appears related to using a network drive, as it has gone away since 
moving my albums back to a USB drive.
I suspect, but have not verified, that it is related to using sqlite for 
the database since if I select sqlite in the options there is a message 
saying it is not suitable for network files.  That message is not 
present if mysql is selected.  I will attempt to verify that tonight.

HTH
Jim


On 31/01/12 19:00, John Stumbles wrote:
> I've been advised I should try dk 2.5 instead of the 2.1.1 that's 
> shipped with ubuntu 11.10 'oneiric'.
>
> I found a 'ppa' (whatever that is) and instructions for using it at
> http://www.linuxnov.com/install-digikam-2-4-0-on-ubuntu-11-10-oneiric-ocelot-using-ppa/ 
>
>
> did: apt-add-repository ppa:philip5/extra
> and: apt-get update
> got: W: Failed to fetch 
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/philip5/kde44/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/source/Sources 
>  404  Not Found
>     E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or 
> old ones used instead.
>
> and: apt-get install digikam
>
> but when I ran digikam (2.5.0) from the console I got:
>
> QSqlDatabasePrivate::removeDatabase: connection 'ConnectionTest' is 
> still in use, all queries will cease to work.
>
> as usual, but then, after a couple of minutes of the splash screen it 
> exited with:
>
> digikam: symbol lookup error: digikam: undefined symbol: 
> _ZN4KIPI21ImageCollectionSharedD2Ev
>
> Googling this error takes me off in all different directions which 
> looks like taking more time than I can currently  spare to pursue and 
> I'd really appreciate a heads-up if anyone knows how I should be going 
> about this.
>
>