[digiKam-users] Installing digiKam on Linux Mint 19.2

[Mica Semrick]

It does not look like the snap is running well, but I don't use it so I can't know for sure.

I'd try the official AppImage, which is available for download on the website.

-m

On November 5, 2019 4:47:55 PM PST, Barry Robinson <robinsonbarry at hotmail.com> wrote:
>I installed digikam on LM 19.2 using the software manager which only
>has 5.6.0 available and the only option I could find to load 6.3.0 is
>to use snapd.  To avoid conflict with 2 versions at the same time, I
>first removed 5.6.0 using the software manager.  Then, using the
>snap-store, installed 6.3.0. But when I launch digiKam, I get the
>following:
>
>
>:~$ snap run digikam
>
>cp: cannot stat '/snap/digikam/4/kf5/usr/share/mime': No such file or
>directory
>
>Directory '/home/robinson/snap/digikam/4/.local/share/mime/packages'
>does not exist!
>
>ERROR: update-mime-database
>/home/robinson/snap/digikam/4/.local/share/mime exited abnormally with
>status 1
>
>/snap/digikam/4/usr/bin/digikam: error while loading shared libraries:
>libQt5Sql.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
>directory
>
>
>Then next attemp:
>
>
>:~$ snap run digikam
>
>/snap/digikam/4/usr/bin/digikam: error while loading shared libraries:
>libQt5Sql.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
>directory
>
>:~$
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>I'm fairly new with Linux so I'll need instructions with details.
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