Compiling digikam 8.2

[Dougie Nisbet]

I'm running Debian bookworm so so possibly similar setup to yours. I've 
just had a look and I don't have the digikam-data package installed and 
I can run digikam fine. The only difference I see is that I installed 
systemwide but I can run the binary ok from the source directory too, so 
perhaps there's something else going on with your setup.

My approach to installing something from source isn't very 
sophisticated. I just keep trying, then fix the broken dependencies, 
then try again. I often find that something like 'apt build-dep digikam' 
helps to get the dependencies installed.

I don't mean to hijack your thread but I have a related question.

Normally I like to compile from the source. No rational reason. I just 
have a feeling that it's perhaps more efficient and possibly less 
problematic with permissions if the appimage does any strange sandboxing 
of the environment - although I've seen this more trying to use snap and 
flatpack.

Recently I was trying to narrow down a problem I was having with 
georeferencing and as part of my diagnostics I was switching between 
using my compiled version of digiKam and the appimage. It made no 
difference to the problem although I did notice a couple of subtle 
dialogue differences between the versions (both 8.2). It also had me 
questioning why I bother compiling, and whether there is any advantage 
to using a compiled image rather than the appimage. I didn't do any 
extensive testing but I could see no performance or any other 
difference. My take-away is that in future I'll probably just stick with 
the appimage.


Dougie

On 11/12/2023 10:49, Benoit wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Many thanks to the developers for digiKam version 8.2. :-)
>
> I've just compiled it for Debian and I'm have a few problems:
> - The 8.2 binary do not start without the debian digikam-data package,
> which can be found in the attachment below:
> dpkg -L digikam-data > digikam-data.txt
>
> When I compile software, I don't install it as root, I just create a
> symbolic link to the binaries in path in my user directory.
>
> How can I retrieve the files contained in digikam-data (in the
> sources?) and ensure that the binary has access to them?
>
> Same question for the plugins, which have been compiled in :
> /home/benoit/local/build/digikam/digikam-8.2.0/build/bin
> When I do Settings → Configure digikam → Plugins
> There are not listed.
> How do I get them right under the tabs (generic | Image editor| Batch
> queue manager| Image loader)?
>
> Thanks
>
>