[digiKam-users] Installing digiKam on Linux Mint 19.2

[neinei at gmx.net]

Hi there,
I know Appimages (e.g. Joplin notes software) where I am aksed to
"register" it in the desktop environment and make an an icon etc. This I
miss in the DigiKam Appimage. However, for Linux Mint this discussion
might help: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=273402


On 06.11.2019 13:51, Barry Robinson wrote:
> 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?
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> 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.
>>