[digiKam-users] Digikam 7.8.0 doesn't update thumbnails and folders

[Maik Qualmann]

Our official AppImage digiKam7.8.0 is unfortunately broken. Like the initial 
test versions of digiKam-7.9.0's AppImage, it has a mix of digiKam-8.0.0 
libraries.

Gilles, can you please initiate the creation of an up-to-date AppImage of 
digiKam-7.9.0. The last corrections to the changes to the file operations are 
still missing.

Maik

Am Dienstag, 11. Oktober 2022, 16:41:02 CEST schrieb Gilles Caulier:
> AppImage install nothing on your system. It's a bundle, including all
> in place. It's a single executable to run, it decompress all
> dependencies in memory, and... that all. digiKam work as expected.
> 
> Best
> 
> Gilles Caulier
> 
> Le mar. 11 oct. 2022 à 16:24, Chris Deuchar <deuchars at gmail.com> a écrit :
> > Thanks for this. I will have a look at those.  However, I am still unclear
> > why I appear to have two versions running? Are these running at the same
> > time when I click the icon?
> > If so, is this causing the problem with my thumbnails?
> > If I install the Appimage bundle will this sort out the other two - or
> > merely make things worse?
> > 
> > TIA, Chris
> > 
> > On Tue, 11 Oct 2022 at 09:53, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> >> You can try the AppImage bundle that we support instead Snap :
> >> 
> >> https://files.kde.org/digikam/
> >> 
> >> It's simple to use :
> >> https://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/kde-applicationdata/digikam/README
> >> 
> >> Gilles Caulier
> >> 
> >> Le mar. 11 oct. 2022 à 10:43, Chris Deuchar <deuchars at gmail.com> a écrit 
:
> >> > The most recent update was done via Ubuntu's 'Software' application -
> >> > which I think is the snap version?  As were the preceding updates as
> >> > far as I can remember. (Please excuse me as I only moved to linux 18
> >> > months ago and I am still getting my head round some things.
> >> > Previously I was brought up in the 'wonderful world of DOS' before
> >> > moving on to Windows-1...etc !) However, back in Ubuntuland, having
> >> > previously been advised to use Synaptic package manager, a search in
> >> > there reveals the digikam version as 7.5.0! - with no mention of the
> >> > 7.8.0 that actually runs. What the?
> >> > 
> >> > Chris
> >> > 
> >> > On Tue, 11 Oct 2022 at 09:33, Gilles Caulier <caulier.gilles at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> 
> >> >> Did you use Flatpak packaging on your system to install digiKam ? How
> >> >> did you update the application ?
> >> >> 
> >> >> Gilles Caulier
> >> >> 
> >> >> Le mar. 11 oct. 2022 à 10:29, Chris Deuchar <deuchars at gmail.com> a 
écrit :
> >> >> > Hi Gilles, I use JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIF, & PCX primarily - all
> >> >> > except the latter previously displayed correctly - as did previews
> >> >> > for MP4, WAV and others.  It is only since the update to 7.8.0 from
> >> >> > 7.7.0 that this problem has arisen.
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > Chris
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > On Mon, 10 Oct 2022 at 15:38, Gilles Caulier 
<caulier.gilles at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> Which kind of file type mime gives this behavior ? JPEG, PNG, TIFF,
> >> >> >> HEIF, etc ???
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> Best
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> Gilles Caulier
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> Le lun. 10 oct. 2022 à 16:31, Chris Deuchar <deuchars at gmail.com> a 
écrit :
> >> >> >> > Hi, I have been using Digikam for a few years, and through
> >> >> >> > several versions, initially in Win7 but now in Ubuntu 22.04. 
> >> >> >> > However, following the update from 7.7.0 to 7.8.0, I can no
> >> >> >> > longer get the thumbnails and folders to update.  I have tried
> >> >> >> > database cleaning (8 hours) and thumbnail rebuilding (16 hours)
> >> >> >> > but all I seem to have achieved is replacing those thumbnails
> >> >> >> > that were there with the default icons!
> >> >> >> > 
> >> >> >> > I use this program a lot for producing html albums (which I can
> >> >> >> > still do in showfoto 7.5.0 - but it is a rather more cumbersome
> >> >> >> > to navigate) so I would like to get Digikam working properly
> >> >> >> > again.
> >> >> >> > 
> >> >> >> > Alternatively, if I can back track to version 7.7.0 then I will
> >> >> >> > do that if someone can point me at a source.
> >> >> >> > 
> >> >> >> > TIA, Chris