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

[Maik Qualmann]

Hi Gilles,

The last AppImages from digiKam-7.9.0 were clean.  Unfortunately, the problem 
with mixing the libraries was already present in 7.8.0.
Only my last corrections from October 10th, 2022 in the evening are missing.

Maik

Am Mittwoch, 12. Oktober 2022, 08:08:20 CEST schrieb Gilles Caulier:
> Hi Maik,
> 
> Well I am thinking of purging successfully the previous mix of 8.0.0
> in the VM. I will check again.
> 
> Gilles
> 
> Le mer. 12 oct. 2022 à 07:58, Maik Qualmann <metzpinguin at gmail.com> a écrit 
:
> > 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