Impossible to install digikam 5.8.0 as low privilege user on MS Windows 10

[Gilles Caulier]

yes, i can confirm that it will work as i use this method to quickly test
in different machine.

Gilles Caulier

2018-01-24 14:19 GMT+01:00 <cerp at eeos.biz>:

> Very clevere! Thank you .... I will try and let you know.
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> Quoting Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>:
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> Can't you install digikam on a Windows machine at home or in a virtual
>> machine and then copy the directory from c:\program files of that machine
>> to a USB drive and then bring it to your office and copy digikam to your
>> user directory?
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>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>> -------- Original message --------From: Gilles Caulier <
>> caulier.gilles at gmail.com> Date: 2018-01-24  2:49 AM  (GMT-07:00) To:
>> digiKam - Home Manage your photographs as a professional with the power of
>> open source <digikam-users at kde.org> Subject: Re: Impossible to install
>> digikam 5.8.0 as low privilege user on MS Windows 10
>>
>> You can open a file in bugzilla about this topic.
>> Gilles Caulier
>> 2018-01-24 9:03 GMT+01:00  <cerp at eeos.biz>:
>> Dear Gilles,
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>> I udnerstand your point. My point would be that, because we are allowed
>> to install in our user set of directories, digikam should offer the option
>> to be installed in those, just like many other programmes, not only
>> rawtherapee. Under Linux, you only install using admin if you do a system
>> wide install, but if you install in the /home of the user, you can still do
>> it.
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>> Best,
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>> Quoting Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com>:
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>> Hi,
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>> It's fully reproducible here in my offcie with Windows 7 where all
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>> computers are centrally managed too.
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>> As the installer register the application in Windows registery to be
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>> visible in Windows control pannel (uninstall section), you need admin
>> right
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>> to install.
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>> Also i think it's safe to require admin right to install an application in
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>> a centrally managed park of computer. After all, we need this right too
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>> under MacOS and Linux (excepted AppImage but's it's a special case).
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>> So for me it's a normal install behavior, and the way used by Rawtherapee
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>> is wrong.
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>>
>> Gilles Caulier
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>> 2018-01-23 23:59 GMT+01:00 <cerp at eeos.biz>:
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>> Dear all,
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>> I cannot install digikam 5.8.0 as low privilege user on MS Windows 10. My
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>> laptop is centrally managed, but I can easily install those packages like
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>> Rawtherapee that can be installed in the local user directory without
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>> privileges.
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>> Best,
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>> Corrado
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