[digiKam-users] Installing digiKam on Linux Mint 19.2

[Barry Robinson]

Thanks for the response and good suggestion. I'm such a newbie I had to google AppImage! So I did download digiKam's AppImage, figured out how to make it executable, and it works, right out of the download folder. It doesn't seem right to leave it there so can someone suggest a spot in the file structure of Linux where it makes sense to launch an executable? Also, how do I create an icon to launch it from?

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On Nov 5, 2019, at 8:10 PM, Mica Semrick <mica at silentumbrella.com<mailto:mica at silentumbrella.com>> wrote:

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<mailto: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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