[Digikam-users] Latest Lensfun Database

[Anders Lund]

Mandag den 30. marts 2015 19:58:02 skrev Torsten Bronger:
> Hallöchen!
> 
> Anders Lund writes:
> > Mandag den 30. marts 2015 19:09:46 skrev Torsten Bronger:
> >> Bobber writes:
> >>> I just used a Sigma 70-200 f2.8 lens this weekend for the first
> >>> time.  I do not see this lens available when attempting to use
> >>> auto-correction but I do see that it is in the Lensfun data base
> >>> on their web site.  Is there a way to get this data into the
> >>> kipi-plugins so that it is available for Digikam?
> >> 
> >> Download http://wilson.bronger.org/db/version_0.tar.bz2 and install
> >> its content over your local database.  It is usually in
> >> /usr/share/lib/lensfun/.
> > 
> > you can overlay in ~/.local/lensfun
> 
> Yes, but during the next system update, it shadows an updated
> sytem-wide database.  Besides, I recently removed some bogus
> entries, and removal is not possible by adding to your home
> directory.  Moreover, fixed lens model names end up as double
> entries.
> 
> 
> By the way, lensfun 0.3.0 makes updating as easy as calling a
> command line programm, and the current Git version even doesn't need
> root priviledges for this.  Unfortunately, the distros are very
> reluctant in packaging it.

like this?

[anders at archie ~]$ lensfun-update-data 
Reading http://lensfun.sourceforge.net/db/versions.json …
Reading http://wilson.bronger.org/lensfun-db/versions.json …
Fatal: Root privileges needed for updating the database.



> Until then, http://wilson.bronger.org/db/version_0.tar.bz2 is
> updated every night (at least).
> 
> Tschö,
> Torsten.