[digiKam-users] Unable to upgrade to the Latest Digikam 7.0.0 version

[Ramnarayan.K]

Hi Remco

Considering my old version I have been very patient :-)


regards
ram

On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 22:26, Remco Viëtor <remco.vietor at wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> On vendredi 24 juillet 2020 13:43:06 CEST Ramnarayan.K wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > Am on Linux Mint 19 based on Ubuntu Bionic .
> >
> > My current Digikam version is 5.6.0
> >
> > I cannot find any way to upgrade to the latest version 7.0.0. It does not
> > show up in the repos, nor are there any official ppa's
> >
> > Advice please
> >
> > thanks
> > Ram
> Advice: be patient :)
>
> The release date given by the development team is for the source code, not
> for
> repositories.
> Such repositories are maintained by third parties, and the Digikam
> developers
> have no relation with them, and no influence on when they will pick up the
> new
> version. So packaging for your distro usually takes some time (from days
> to
> weeks, depending on the distribution/packager).
>
> In the mean time, you could try to grab the appimage or flatpak. Those are
> (afaik) prepared and maintained by the digikam developers.
>
> Remco
>
>
>
>
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