[Digikam-users] Digikam 4.0 won't run on Linux Mint 17.1: vanishes after album scan
Tom Rank
tom at literaryconnections.co.uk
Thu Dec 18 12:18:23 GMT 2014
Hi Philip
Thanks: you're right, it does show 4.5 waiting in one archive, but not
installed:
apt-cache policy digikam
digikam:
Installed: 4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04~ppa2
Candidate: 4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04~ppa2
Version table:
4:4.5.0-trusty~ppa1kde414 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/philip5/kubuntu-backports/ubuntu/
trusty/main amd64 Packages
4:4.5.0-trusty~ppa1 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/philip5/extra/ubuntu/ trusty/main
amd64 Packages
*** 4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04~ppa2 0
700 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ rebecca/import amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
4:3.5.0-0ubuntu10 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64
Packages
Best wishes
Tom
On 18/12/14 09:00, Philip Johnsson wrote:
> Could you run this commands from a terminal/shell and tell me what it
> outputs (without the "")?
>
> "apt-cache policy digikam"
>
> It should display all the versions of digikam that your system have in
> its resources available for apt to install. If you use both my PPAs it
> should display them both as possible versions and also other older versions.
>
> There must be something missing or conflicting when it comes to
> repositories or packages.
>
> /Philip
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Tom Rank
> <tom at literaryconnections.co.uk <mailto:tom at literaryconnections.co.uk>>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Mick
>
> Thanks: it is helpful to know you're running DK 4.5 on a similar
> system. In fact, my laptop is running Mint 17.1 and Digikam 4.0.0
> without complaining - but it only has a dozen photos to handle, and
> there isn't room to install my photo collection on the laptop, even
> if I wanted to.
>
> However, now I've had time to look at it carefully, it hasn't got me
> much further.
>
> Your list of PPAs includes:
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/__philip5/kubuntu-backports/__ubuntu
> <http://ppa.launchpad.net/philip5/kubuntu-backports/ubuntu> trusty main
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/__kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu
> <http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu> trusty main
>
> But not this suggested by Philip:
> ppa:philip5/extra
>
> Anyway, using the PPAs suggested by Philip (ppa:philip5/extra
> and ppa:philip5/kubuntu-backports)__, I've again reinstalled Digikam
> - but still only get 4.0.0 (with KDE 4.14.2)- and still it won't
> open any image folders, and won't show any images, JPEG or RAW.
>
> Using right click on a folder (where I know there are images) or the
> menu item 'open in file manager' just crashes the program.
>
> Here are some reports from the terminal:
>
> It seems I have installed:
> Qt: 4.8.6
> KDE Development Platform: 4.14.2
> digiKam: 4.0.0
>
> Suggested additions at install time included:
> digikam-doc systemsettings libqt4-sql-mysql hspell kdelibs5-plugins
>
> [Should I install these myself?]
>
> Error messages on running:
>
> digikam(14417)/kdeui (KIconLoader): Error: standard icon theme
> "oxygen" not found!
>
> Object::connect: No such signal
> org::freedesktop::UPower::__DeviceAdded(QDBusObjectPath)
> Object::connect: No such signal
> org::freedesktop::UPower::__DeviceRemoved(QDBusObjectPath)
> QSqlDatabasePrivate::__removeDatabase: connection 'ConnectionTest'
> is still in use, all queries will cease to work.
> digikam(14417)/kdeui (KIconLoader): Error: standard icon theme
> "oxygen" not found!
>
> digikam(14417): No ksycoca4 database available!
>
> digikam(14417)/kdecore (trader) KServiceTypeTrader::__defaultOffers:
> KServiceTypeTrader: serviceType "QImageIOPlugins" not found
>
> [....]
>
> digikam(14417): couldn't create slave: "Cannot talk to klauncher:
> The name org.kde.klauncher was not provided by any .service files"
> [...]
> digikam(14417)/kdecore (trader) KServiceTypeTrader::__defaultOffers:
> KServiceTypeTrader: serviceType "Digikam/ImagePlugin" not found
> [...]
> digikam(14417)/kdecore (trader) mimeTypeSycocaOffers:
> KMimeTypeTrader: mimeType "inode/directory" not found
> digikam(14417): No ksycoca4 database available!
>
> digikam(14417)/kdecore (trader): KMimeTypeTrader: couldn't find
> service type "Application"
> Please ensure that the .desktop file for it is installed; then run
> kbuildsycoca4.
> KCrash: Application 'digikam' crashing...
> KCrash: Attempting to start from kdeinit
> KCrash: Connect sock_file=/home/tom/.kde/__socket-Dickens/kdeinit4__0
> Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
> KCrash: Attempting to start directly
> KCrash failed to exec(), errno = 2
> Unable to start Dr. Konqi
> Not forwarding the crash to Apport.
>
> So it seems I still have things missing. Is this information any
> help to someone better informed than me?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tom
>
> On 15/12/14 22:24, Mick Sulley wrote:
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> I am running DK 4.5 on Mint 17 Qiana 64 bit and it seems to be fine.
>
> PPA's
> deb-src
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/__philip5/kubuntu-backports/__ubuntu
> <http://ppa.launchpad.net/philip5/kubuntu-backports/ubuntu> trusty
> main
> deb
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/__philip5/kubuntu-backports/__ubuntu
> <http://ppa.launchpad.net/philip5/kubuntu-backports/ubuntu>
> trusty main
> deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/__kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu
> <http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu> trusty main
> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/__kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu
> <http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu> trusty main
>
> Synaptic lists digikam as 4:4.5.0-trusty~ppa1kde414
>
> Let me know if there is anything I can tell you about my system.
>
> Cheers
> Mick
>
> On 15/12/14 22:00, Tom Rank wrote:
>
> Still no progress, I fear:
>
> I've carried out these tasks (having first removed the
> repositories
> from the software updater in case of problems):
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip5/extra
> You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
> Ubuntu experimental rolling release repository.
> [....]
>
> Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options
> --no-default-keyring --homedir /tmp/tmp.QjC9XhFT8A
> --no-auto-check-trustdb --trust-model always --keyring
> /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg
> --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
> <http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80> --recv-keys 43C56F3F
> gpg: requesting key 43C56F3F from hkp server
> keyserver.ubuntu.com <http://keyserver.ubuntu.com>
> gpg: key 43C56F3F: "Launchpad extra" not changed
> gpg: Total number processed: 1
> gpg: unchanged: 1
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip5/kubuntu-backports
> You are about to add the following PPA to your system:
> [...]
> Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options
> --no-default-keyring --homedir /tmp/tmp.ayTrF3agjJ
> --no-auto-check-trustdb --trust-model always --keyring
> /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg
> --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
> <http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80> --recv-keys 43C56F3F
> gpg: requesting key 43C56F3F from hkp server
> keyserver.ubuntu.com <http://keyserver.ubuntu.com>
> gpg: key 43C56F3F: "Launchpad extra" not changed
> gpg: Total number processed: 1
> gpg: unchanged: 1
>
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> [sudo] password for tom:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Calculating upgrade... Done
> 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to
> upgrade.
> ....
>
> Digikam is still stuck on version 4.0.0 (KDE 4.14.2), still
> no photos
> visible. I tried right click over a directory name: 'show in
> file
> manger' - that crashes Digikam.
>
> Any help?
>
> Tom
>
> On 15/12/14 21:02, Philip Johnsson wrote:
>
> If you don't have it available then something is wrong
> how you added the
> repository. Maybe you don't have included the PPAs key
> that makes the
> PPA trusted? This can be done automatically if you use the
> add-apt-repository command:
>
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip5/extra
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip5/kubuntu-backports
> (only use this
> PPA if you are sure that you use KDE 4.14 and not with
> KDE 4.13)
> sudo apt-get update
>
> If digikam is installed before then:
>
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> This will either just update all what's needed from my
> PPAs or tell you
> if there is some kind of conflict that holds anything
> back that needs to
> be solved.
>
> /Philip
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Tom Rank
> <tom at literaryconnections.co.uk
> <mailto:tom at literaryconnections.co.uk>
> <mailto:tom at __literaryconnections.co.uk
> <mailto:tom at literaryconnections.co.uk>>> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Thanks again. Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu 14.04,
> and my version
> uses KDE 4.14. I've added the "extra" and the
> "kubuntu-backports"
> PPAs to my software sources - but it still loads
> version 4.0.0,
> which has the problem that it won't show my photos.
> I even tried:
> sudo apt-get install digikam=4.5.0
>
> But it replied:
> E: Version ‘4.5.0’ for ‘digikam’ was not found
>
> With other software, I recall that adding an extra
> PPA gave me the
> newest version when it was not available in the
> official repository.
> That doesn’t seem to be happening here.
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Tom
>
>
> On 15/12/14 19:01, Philip Johnsson wrote:
>
> Good to know that you are having progress.
>
> I don't use Linux Mint so I'm not sure which
> versions are based
> on which
> Ubuntu versions. You should use trusty if your
> Linux Mint is
> based on
> ubuntu 14.04 and utopic if it's based on Ubuntu
> 14.10.
>
> Before you add my "kubuntu-backports" PPA you
> should make
> sure what
> version of KDE libs your system is using. If
> it's using KDE 4.13
> then
> you shouldn’t use the "kubuntu-backports" PPA
> at all.
> "kubuntu-backports" PPA is meant to be used
> with KDE 4.14 and
> then you
> use BOTH the "extra" and the
> "kubuntu-backports" PPA.
>
> /Phili
>
>
>
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