[digiKam-users] cannot open shared object file

[Jim Dory]

I'm using Gentoo linux and have been running Digikam for some time now - perhaps back on version 5 up thru v7.5 which 
runs fine. I just tried 7.6 and it fails with this:

$ ./digiKam-7.6.0-x86-64.appimage
-- digiKam Linux AppImage Bundle
-- Use 'help' as CLI argument to know all available options for digiKam application.
-- Notes: to integrate this bundle to your desktop, use AppImageLauncher.
--        to enable all debug messages on the console, use 'export QT_LOGGING_RULES="digikam*=true"'.
Check library libudev.so.0
Check library libxcb-dri3.so.0
Check library libcrypto.so.1.1
Check library libssl.so.1.1
Check library libnss3.so
Check library libnssutil3.so
Check library libsmime3.so
-- Preloading shared libs: 
:/usr/lib64/libxcb-dri3.so.0:/usr/lib64/libcrypto.so.1.1:/usr/lib64/libssl.so.1.1:/usr/lib64/libnss3.so:/usr/lib64/libnssutil3.so:/usr/lib64/libsmime3.so
digikam: error while loading shared libraries: libthai.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


So I don't have that file libthai.so.0 onboard. Is there a known work around or what might bring that library in, if it 
is needed?

many thanks, JD