[Digikam-users] Problems with compiled Digikam: can't create io-slaves

[Jenner Fusari]

Pedro Neves <nevesdiver at ...> writes:
> Any change of sharing some info on how to compile Digikam on Debian and
> build the package? Is it hard?

No, it's quite easy if it's not the first time you compile something on linux.
You have to download the official Digikam tarball first and follow the
instruction in the Digikam README. Refer to the README even for dependencies
because it's more precise and detailed.

Many of the dependencies are already packaged. In the latest Debian Testing
environment you should not find Boost libraries: you have to download and
compile them first (you'll find the urls in the README).
Again, even for Boost, follow the enclosed instruction to compile the libraries.

After installing all the required dependencied you're ready to compile
Digikam... it will take some time and the output is almost unreadable.

I strongly suggest to use checkinstall (you should install it... it's
packaged, so no problem at all). checkinstall replace the "make install"
statement... it's function is to monitor where the "make install" places the
files, collect them and build a stand-alone .deb package. Note that the
packeg you'll get has no dependency in it so it's useful only for system
maintenance purpose.

Hope this helps.

Bye
   Jenner