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

[Philip Johnsson]

Open a shell/terminal and start digikam from there by typing "digikam"
(without the "")and hit enter. Hopefully you will get some error messages
there that can give clues about what's going on. I would guess that you
somehow have installed KDE and/or exiv2 versions other than your installed
Digikam is built against to use.

Most likely you have more than one package from sqlite3 installed on your
system. You might have to install/update them at the same time with the
same install/update command (not install one of the sqlite3 packages and
then the other) to not have a conflict as they depend on each other.
Shouldn't conflict with other packages but it's own version.

/philip

On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Tom Rank <tom at literaryconnections.co.uk>
wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Sorry if I wasn't clear. When I completed the initial set up, Digikam
> appeared to start, and seemed to be scanning the albums - but only for a
> second or two, then the program vanished - no Digikam workspace, no icon on
> the task bar, etc. So I take that to be a crash, even though it doesn't
> open the error reporting window (as version 3.5 used to give me).
>
> As a temporary measure, I decided to set up Shotwell: it took about 8
> hours to scan and 'import' all my images. I don't expect Digikam to take so
> long, but 2 or 3 seconds doesn't seem right, especially when it doesn't
> then display anything.
>
> I did try to load libsqlite3-0 version 3.8.6 on Ubuntu 14.04: that gave me
> various warnings about incompatible programs - and didn't seem to work with
> Digikam. I tried an upgrade to Ubuntu 14.10 - but that caused me a
> significant graphics problem with my hardware, so I went for Linux Mint
> 17.1, which had no such problem. It's based on Ubuntu 14.04, but loads the
> more recent Digikam 4.0.0. I'll see if I can get a more recent version of
> Digikam and libsqlite3-0 running and report back - I realise now how much
> I'm missing Digikam!
>
> Tom
>
> On 13/12/14 18:48, Philip Johnsson wrote:
>
>> 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
>> <mailto: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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