[Digikam-users] Digikam 4.0 won't run on Linux Mint 17.1: vanishes after album scan
Mick Sulley
mick at sulley.info
Thu Dec 18 13:10:55 GMT 2014
Philip,
Thanks for the advise, I have added the "extra" PPA and everything
appears to still be working, which is always a bonus :)
I now see -
mick at MintDesk17:~$ apt-cache policy digikam
digikam:
Installed: 4:4.5.0-trusty~ppa1kde414
Candidate: 4:4.5.0-trusty~ppa1kde414
Version table:
*** 4:4.5.0-trusty~ppa1kde414 0
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/philip5/kubuntu-backports/ubuntu/
trusty/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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
500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu/
trusty/main amd64 Packages
4:3.5.0-0ubuntu10 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64
Packages
mick at MintDesk17:~$
Mick
On 18/12/14 09:38, Philip Johnsson wrote:
> Mick,
>
> You should add my "extra" PPA too as source if you want to be able to
> use my packages in the future, even though it might happen to work for
> you now. My kubuntu-backports PPA only have packages that need to be
> rebuilt against an updated version of KDE than found in standard
> Ubuntu of that release version (i.e trusty, utopic, etc). The "extra"
> PPA will always be my main PPA that might have updated packages not
> found in my kubuntu-backports PPA but that it will depend up on.
>
> /Philip
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Mick Sulley <mick at sulley.info
> <mailto:mick at sulley.info>> wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> For comparison purposes this is what I get on my running Mint
> DK4.5 system
>
> mick at MintDesk17:~$ apt-cache policy digikam
> digikam:
> Installed: 4:4.5.0-trusty~ppa1kde414
> Candidate: 4:4.5.0-trusty~ppa1kde414
> Version table:
> *** 4:4.5.0-trusty~ppa1kde414 0
> 500
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/philip5/kubuntu-backports/ubuntu/
> trusty/main amd64 Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> 4:4.0.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04~ppa2 0
> 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu/
> trusty/main amd64 Packages
> 4:3.5.0-0ubuntu10 0
> 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe
> amd64 Packages
> mick at MintDesk17:~$
>
> Mick
>
>
> 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
>> trusty main
>> 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
>> trusty
>> main
>> deb
>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/philip5/kubuntu-backports/ubuntu
>> trusty main
>> deb-src
>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu
>> trusty main
>> deb 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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