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

[Philip Johnsson]

I don't really understand your problem. "Run Digikam again: same quick scan
of albums, then nothing." What does "nothing" here mean that is your
problem? As I understand it digikam doesn't crash on you?

If you update Digikam (or even otherwise) from a PPA or other way I suggest
that you make sure that you don't use sqlite3 3.8.2 that comes with Ubuntu
14.04 as that version is buggy with Digikam. So check which version of the
package libsqlite3-0 you are using. Ubunt 14.10 comes with version 3.8.6
that works much better so either install it from Ubuntu 14.10 or backport
it some how.

/Philip


On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 9:20 AM, Tom Rank <tom at literaryconnections.co.uk>
wrote:
>
> 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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