[Digikam-users] How to use alternative versions of OpenCV and Exiv2?

[Gilles Caulier]

2014-10-14 3:01 GMT+02:00 Piter Dias <piter.dias at piterdias.com>:
> Guys,
>
> Trying to compile digiKam 4.4 under a recently built Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS I
> got stuck on OpenCV and Exiv2 upgrading.
>
> Both packages are originally installed under /usr using apt-get. Compiling
> new versions, using default options of both, installs under /usr/local.
>
> digiKam cmake scripts are not able to find the newly compiled versions. Is
> there a way to solve this without compiling to OpenCV and Exiv2 /usr? I
> don't want to override original packages because most of packages I use come
> from Canonical repositories anyway. It seems to be easier for me.

A system can live with both version of library installed at the same
time. It use a SO version Id to identify right files on the system.

The possible conflict will be come with devel files, as headers.

Gilles Caulier