[Digikam-users] Read/Write to sidecar files is grayed out (Digikam 2.6.0 on Gentoo)

[Carlos Barahona]

That was it! I reinstalled libkexiv2 and now it works. Thanks!

Another question, if you don't mind: I have checked that the XMP sidecar
file is created and it contains tags info, etc... however, in the metadata
info, the XMP and IPTC tabs are always empty (I have checked that I have
several items activated in the display lists in the metadata
configuration). I am not sure if this is correct (maybe the images I work
with, mostly RAW from a Canon 40D, or the JPEG I obtain after processing
them doesn't contain info in these formats), or maybe I have another
problem (I supposed the info stored in the SMP sidecar file should appear
in this tab).



2012/10/1 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>

> I remember i problem in libkexiv2 KDE interface about how to manage
> XMP flage with KExiv2::XMPSupport() method. Update libkexiv2 and all
> will be fine...
>
> Gilles Caulier
>
> 2012/10/1 Carlos Barahona <cbarahonae at gmail.com>:
> > Thanks for your answer.
> > I don't know if you are used to Gentoo Portage, but I have the XMP USE
> flag
> > defined in make.conf, so anything should compile with XMP support.
> > Anyway, I have recompiled exiv2, just in case this flag wasn't active
> when
> > exiv2 was installed. In the log I can see something like 'XMP support
> > ....... YES'.
> > Still no luck. Then, I have recompiled digikam... no luck.
> > I have tested the command 'exiv2 -eX image.CR2' , and an XMP file is
> created
> > for that image... so I guess exiv2 is compiled with XMP support, isn't
> it?
> > (I have also posted the question to the Gentoo forum as I know this
> could be
> > someting related to some Gentoo configuration, as I am new to this
> system...
> > but no luck either...)
> >
> > Carlos.
> >
> >
> > 2012/9/30 Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> As usual, look into source code to see the reason :
> >>
> >>
> >>
> https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/graphics/digikam/repository/revisions/master/entry/utilities/setup/setupmetadata.cpp#L239
> >>
> >> Your Exiv2 shared library is not compiled with XMP support (it's
> >> optional)...
> >>
> >> Gilles Caulier
> >>
> >> 2012/9/30 Carlos <cbarahonae at gmail.com>:
> >> >
> >> > I have installed Digikam 2.6.0 on a Gentoo system using Portage.
> >> > Everything seems ok, except that the options 'Read from sidecar files'
> >> > and 'Write to sidecar files' appear grayed out so I can't enable them.
> >> > Also, when I activate metadata info for an image (using the metadata
> >> > button on
> >> > the right side bar), I can see tabs for Exif, Makernotes and IPTC
> info,
> >> > but the
> >> > tab for XMP info does not appear.
> >> > Any clue what could be the cause?
> >> >
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