[Digikam-users] Digikam 4.0 won't run on Linux Mint 17.1: vanishes after album scan

[Tom Rank]

Hi

Version 3.5 of Digikam on Ubuntu 14.04 crashed too often for my liking, 
so I hoped that an upgrade to a newer version would help. Version 4.0 
runs fine on my Linux Mint laptop (with a small photo collection) so I 
reckoned that an upgrade on my desktop might be an improvement.

I've just completed a fresh install of Linux Mint 17.1, which runs fine, 
and installed Digikam Version: 4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04~ppa2. I've 
put my large photo collection (about 300 GB) in Pictures.

First run routine says images will be in:
/home/tom/Pictures

That's correct (but any attempt to browse elsewhere leads the setup 
window to vanish and Digikam stops)

Scanning collections was very quick (too quick, I thought) - but then 
nothing. Digikam didn't run, no crash report, nothing.

Run Digikam again: same quick scan of albums, then nothing.

I can easily upgrade to a more recent version - version 4.0.0 is the 
default for Mint 17.1, which is based on Ubuntu 14.04 (though 14.04 is 
stuck at 3.5). Should I try to add an additional PPA to install a later 
version?

Please can anyone help? I've found Digikam a really useful program for 
managing a growing photo collection and now feel lost!

(Yes, I did first try to upgrade to Ubuntu 14.10 - but for some reason 
my hardware didn't like it: Mint 17.1 installed without a hitch)

Thanks!

Tom


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